Styling from the 1760’s -1770’s -- Representative of rifles produced in the valley of Virginia
The Specs$1185 Base Price Muzzleloader Kit Compontents
Designed by Jim -- ramrod pipes and entry pipe. Investment cast in brass in the USA
Barrel | 45, 50, and 54 caliber
39 3/4” custom profiled barrels. 1/70 twist. A very nice contoured barrel. Comes standard in square bottom rifling. The breech plug comes fit and installed. Dovetails are cut and the surface is finely milled as seen in photos (but will need to be draw filed to attain finished surface). 
All dovetails pre-cut in barrel for sights and underlugs.
Sideplate is perfectly inlet in stock and the brass sideplate is made on a CNC mill to allow for a perfect fit
Lock | Jim Kibler's CNC machined Round-Faced English Lock
This represents a nice quality round-faced English lock from the 1760’s. It’s not a copy of any particular lock, but rather fully designed to incorporate what we feel to be the best features of many reference pieces. The lock represents $315 of the $1,185 kit price and is billed separately. Touch Hole Liner | White Lightning
Touch hole liner is machined flush to the barrel for you.
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Drop | Approximately 3" to 3 1/4"
Pull | 13 3/8" or 13 1/2 Drop | 1 3/4" to 2" Cast Off | 3/16"
Complete Rifle Weights |
Approximately 8 lb 1.6 oz in 45 caliber, 7 lb 11 oz in 50 caliber, slightly over 7 lbs 5oz in 54 caliber Mountings | Custom made cast brass mountings
Custom buttplate comes with holes drilled and countersunk. Buttplate is approximately 2” in width and slightly over 5” in height.
Brass triggerguard designed by Jim and investment cast in USA
Trigger | Designed and made by Jim
Set up for a single trigger. Trigger plate is drilled and tapped Inlets and Pre-Drilled Holes |
All parts are very closely inlet. Very little work will be needed to fit the parts. The surfaces are pretty close to final form as well. Stock | Walnut, Cherry, or Maple with Upgrades Available
Standard grade maple stocks will have some figure, good hardness and reasonable grain flow. Walnut stocks will be selected for hardness, color and grain flow. Standard/Cherry: $920 + $315 = $1,235 Standard/Cherry W/Carving: $1,320 + $315 = $1,635 Fancy Maple/Walnut: $1,080 + $315 = $1,395 Fancy Maple/Walnut W/Carving: $1,480 + $315 = $1,795 Extra Fancy Maple: $1,240 + $315 = $1,555 Extra Fancy Maple W/Carving: $1,640 + $315 = $1,955 Customer Wood: $860 + $315 = $1,175 Customer Wood W/Carving: $1,260 + $315 = $1,575 Customer Supplied Stock | deduct $60 from $1185 kit price
If a customer desires to supply his or her own stock blank, they may do so. 57" long, 7 1/2" wide, and 2 1\4" thick minimum blank size. We ask that a customer interested in this mail a stock blank to our shop. The address can be written directly on the wood. PO Box 293 Hanoverton OH 44423 |
