Author Topic: Kibler 40 Cal. Southern Mtn Rifle in Cherry  (Read 1373 times)

Offline John Shaw

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Kibler 40 Cal. Southern Mtn Rifle in Cherry
« on: September 06, 2021, 05:29:39 AM »
This Kibler kit easiest rifle I've ever built. I gave up on kits back in the 70's because I spent too much time figuring out how to fix mistakes made by the kit supplier. I went to scratch building until I bought this one. It's nothing but quality all they way and I have to say that people who know Southern Mtn Rifles think that Jim hit a home run with this one. I stained the wood with a dilute solution of lye followed buy some accents with Fiebing leather dye. A couple of coats of linseed oil thinned with naptha and a little Japan dryer added followed a couple of weeks later by 4 coats of Minwax wipe on poly finished it off. I rubbed out the last coat of poly with a grey scotchpad after 12 hours before it set up hard to take the shine off.






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Offline heinz

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Re: Kibler 40 Cal. Southern Mtn Rifle in Cherry
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2021, 03:59:48 PM »
Great looking rifle.  I like that cherry stock.
kind regards, heinz

Offline old george

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Re: Kibler 40 Cal. Southern Mtn Rifle in Cherry
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2021, 11:28:19 PM »
Nice looking SMR can't miss with Kibler kit.

george
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Offline snowman485

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Re: Kibler 40 Cal. Southern Mtn Rifle in Cherry
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2021, 03:29:38 AM »
Ooooooh beautiful