Kibler Longrifles - Hawken Kit 2025

[HighUintas]

That is a great looking rifle! Is there any cast off on the stock? I am a lefty. A cheek piece on the “wrong” side doesn’t bother me much, but cast off does.

No, there isn't any cast in the butt. I don't know if it says on the website, but he did answer that question either in a video or in a forum post

 

[HighUintas]

Wish Jim would make an accurate reproduction of a 1820-1840 era Lancaster or Philly flint long rifle that was common in the early western fur trade. You can find good stuff that is earlier and later, but few people have ever done a really good common trappers rifle from this period. Something from Henry, Deringer, the Dickert-Gill brothers or similar makers. Just never seems to get much traction. That said, Jim is making a beautiful Hawkenish gun.

I agree. I'd love a J Henry gun.

 

[buffybr]

1 shot for the buff? Where did it hit? How long did he take to go down?

It was about a 50 yard shot with a 435 gr Maxi Hunter bullet. My guide said to shoot him in the bare spot behind his shoulder. He went down at the shot, then got up and ran about 10 yards and stopped. My guide was telling me to shoot again, but by the time I got reloaded, he dropped dead.

495 pounds of burger and another box of the backstraps and loins cut and wrapped in 1-2 pound packages. The first steaks that we cooked had great flavor, but they were about as tender as shoe leather so I ground all of the rest of them into burger.

 

[ElPollo]

I agree. I'd love a J Henry gun.

Hard to believe Jim would ever get excited about a milk-toast Lancaster styled gun with engraving done by a monkey with a screwdriver who drinks too much coffee. J Henry’s were the Savage or Mossberg of the day and were not exactly a refined weapon. That said, it would have a market for people interested in the western fur trade. I would imagine that any such gun that Jim made would far surpass the quality of the original guns. I would certainly buy one. I’d also be totally happy with a Henry Deringer eagle-head box gun from him. Either would fill a hole in the market for people interested in the period.