Jim Kibler himself never produced so fine an endorsement of his rifle kit. Good job, Peter.

I had the exact experience with a Kibler. I have been building flintlocks from scratch for more than 20 years and appreciate what goes into the construction. The locks Jim Kibler offers are, to my mind, the best available and I buy them for my own scratch build projects. Thanks for an excellent video.

That's what I call a practical work of art.

Good morning Peter. What a beautiful rifle and a job well done. I was hoping you would complete the rifle in this episode and not leave us hanging. Hope your family are all well. Have a blessed weekend my friend and God bless. Thanks for sharing.

It’s really awesome that you were able to get a Kibler rifle. You deserve the joy of a new rifle. Thank you for sharing

What an asset you would be to a community in 'your time!'

Glad to see you back in the shop, Peter. That gun turned out pretty nice. A good way to get a good quality gun " quickly " with all the hard work done for you. Good luck hunting!

Living in Japan, where there are few hunting guns except for a few authorized to cull wild boar or bear, I find this really interesting. I appreciate the craftmanship in everything you do. Wonderful video.

Jenny may never speak to you again. Lol, You are definitely a Pro, Great hunting with the new Flintlock

Man that was a fantaistic video of the beautiful Kibler Flintlock and you building it. Thank you for your detailed explanation of each step. Your oration and passion for what you do in your video is infectious and keeps us coming back for more. Thank you.

Very nice job on the Kibler kit. I too have a Kibler .54 Woodsrunner kit. I started out with .530 RB's and .015 patching over 70 grains of 2f powder, but have since changed to .535 RB's with .018 patching over the 70 grains of 2f powder. Much tighter groups with this combination. I also upped the charge to 90 grains of 2f for a hunting load and have very good groups with this combination. Kibler has some great kits that are easy to put together. I have 4 total, 2 SMR's (.36 & .45), and a Colonial in .58 cal. in addition to the Woodsrunner. All are good shooters. Good luck on your deer and moose hunting this fall!

Seems like the most qualified person to review it, wonderful work!

I love mine too. I had a friend from N.C finish it for me. Fits like it was made just for me too. Hope to see you in the states sometime Peter.

I love mine

Jim makes great stuff

Yep. That smile says it all. Well done.

Beautiful rifle. Peters smile after the first shot says it all.

Built mine this spring. My third Kibler and fifth flintlock. Love them.

Wow! Talk about a high quality lock! An amazing rifle.

Hey Peter! Mr. Kibler makes a fine kit... and it was a delight to see you assemble & finish yours Once it is sighted in and a load developed... any Moose and Deer should give some thought to making themselves scarce during Hunting Season! One could certainly see that this was not your first time putting a Smoke Pole together! WOW!

I've been thinking about buying one of Jim's kits for a while and your video just convinced me. I like the stain you used as well. Love watching you.

Beautiful ! That rifle looks like it will certainly live up to it's name....a true " Woodsrunner " !

The grin on your face the entire time is so telling. You’re having the time of your life and it comes through on screen. Thanks for the video.

My friend! I just stumbled across your channel and I subscribed so fast. This was the most relaxing 28 minutes and 35 seconds I’ve felt in a long while. As a historian and lover of the outdoors, seeing all your craftsmanship and enjoyment meant the world to me 😩 I got into black powder recently with my 1877 Springfield trapdoor, just got my first cap and ball revolver too… next step is my own flintlock. Cheers from Croatia!

A thing of beauty. The curly maple is outstanding. Still smiling? Do t think that’s coming off anytime soon. Kid in a candy store. My grandpa would Have loved it. And he would have taken me shooting with him. Now for a name. Jenny is going to be so jealous.

Fantastic! You can tell by the smile on your face all the way through this video - that you're more than happy with it. It looks great and fires perfectly! Nicely done - and in a fraction of the time. I look forward to seeing that piece in person sometime. Cheers!

Nice gun. A .54 caliber Kibler Woodsrunner was my first flintlock. I ordered a second (a .58 caliber smoothbore Kibler Colonial American) after two weeks of waiting for the first gun. I have zero mechanical inclination so the guns were just about right for my skill set. Great job putting it together and thank you for creating and sharing such fine content.

I’m sick right now, this came up in my recommended, i was not disappointed!

6 year old with a new cap pistol at Christmas.

Sometimes I put this on just to have it on... it's soothing!

Big fan!

Good morning from Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone else thank you for sharing your adventures in history videos

That is one I'd really like to add. It sure seems all of the "challenges" of building a longrifle have been eliminated!

Having built several flintlocks from scratch over the years, I can apreciate the lack of labor to put this outstanding rifle together. Outstanding. 54 cal. Is my go-to cal. Also. The only thing that I can see wrong would be the rear sight might be on backwards. Nice job. Ron from vermont

It's a work of art. Love the finish. Fine job.

These are absolutely fantastic! I started by building 2 Kibler’s to have a feel of what are the proper dimensions of a flintlock. Practice some carving, making a few extra parts from scratch for the Southern mountain rifle (patch box and nose cap). It allowed me to build some skills to start building some from scratch.

That smile at the end when he shot was great! Made me laugh! What a great video. I’m bought my first long gun kit and made a squirrel gun and fell in love with it. Hoping to build a Fowler or a larger caliber for bears/deer. Great video!

I have a Tuĺl 65 cal.I made three at in a winter. Sold two of them, kept one for me. When I load it, I use 610 ball,ten thousand patch, 62 gr. , 4f powder,. I put the sprue down then tamp might down. I have been in a lot of woods walks and alot of novelty shoots . I was never beat. Oh yes, my tiger is setup with no creep. No one else can use it and beat me. My barrel is .62 all the way from breech to mussel, so with a barrel, at .62, ball at .610, patch at .010. IT leaves me at .630 thousands. I was real impressed with your kit. Sure did save time. I haven't shot my Tull in over 10 years went through a bad Devorce. Now I have Sugar. Had my right, foot taken off be low my knee. Just been through too much. Just lost interest in just about everything. I did the Mountin Man for 20 years. I KNOW I got off track. Sorry!! But all in all I like your kit. My camp name is Tuminkz that is( Twominks). Loved your show Keep it up

Beautiful!. Watching your videos somehow brings me back to when we were kids and used to play "Indians & Cowboys" doing our best to dress as such. I was always an Indian and built my first usable bow & arrows when I was 9 years old. The love for archery perdured to date in me. Not very different from what you do. Keep being a full-grown kid, Peter! Thanks for sharing.

such a great video! this made my day!

That was a proud smile. Its beautiful.

That’s an awesome looking gun! Thanks for sharing the experience of building it!

I know you name dropped the wood stain, but you should really link that somewhere since it turned out so nice!

I purchased the same kit, but currently finishing a Gemmer Hawkins Kit. As soon as I'm done with that one I promptly will begin the Woodrunners. I know I will enjoy building it and firing it next.

A fact and truth brother about making musket balls

Man as soon as I get my money right Imma get one of these kits. They're beautiful. I want to start hunting, but the only thing that really attracts me is hunting with a flintlock or a bow

I know nothing about guns and I do not hunt, but I enjoyed this video and your enthusiasm for the project.

Another awesome job. Thanks for what you do.

What a beautiful gun great work on the fit and assembly

I have bought 4 kits from kibler. Have to be best kits on market

Howdy Peter, bravo well done indeed! You made quick work of that build. Congratulations, on the Kibler woodsrunner.

I just bought the kit on your recommendation. Thanks Frank

Excellent video! Met you at Longhunter School. I own 3 Kiblers. Several corrections on your build . The nose cap screws should have entered from the barrel side. too late to change that, however. Both the rear sight and front sight should be turned around. My Colonial kit is nicely figured plain maple also.

Awesome video Peter, and beautiful rifle 😊

Great video! You answered a lot of my questions and hesitations regarding Kibler's kits. I think I might consider another gun now. I've never built from a kit, but your video really showed the ease of Kibler's CNC work.

This is some Beautiful Workman ship . Thank you for Videoing this for us .

Great job and great video Peter. I try to build one or two guns a year and I'm just starting a 1770s Virginia from a blank, but i too had to try one of Jim's kits. I went with the southern mountain rifle and hand forged a few of the parts for it. There are a couple of videos of it on my channel. I was highly pleased with the quality of the kit and I recommend Kibler kits to anyone just getting started. Thanks again for the great video. TC

Wow. The smiles, the grins, the overall positive energy is absolutely inspirational. Keep it up!!!

Wow u made my day...officially my favorite channel on youtube...you have my admiration

Peter, I love this channel! With all the chaos in the world these days, your channel brings me peace. Thank you.

Thanks for showing this Peter. I have been thinking of buying one of these. I think one is in my future now. Great video

Peter thanks for another great video.

Peter she,s a beauty good luck this season.

You are quickly becoming my favorite KZfaq creator! Awesome video.

I am eagerly awaiting his Fowler kit!

Boy what a piece of art. You've convinced me....Now I need to go spend some money lol.

Love it I meet u at kalamazoo we talked briefly that we both were waiting on our kits. Look good

I am drooling over these rifles. I hope to order one next fall.

fun watching this. It's a labor of love. Looks like fun to shoot!

I’ve wanted to do this, you give me the courage to go for it!!😊

I hope to have one of those this spring. I hope will show more of this rifle.

Man happy to see you again Peter ❤

Congratulations on a fine job! That rifle looks incredible and I think your skills and lifestyle will do that Kibler the justice it deserves! God bless!

What a precious kit! Thank you!

That's a lovely rifle. Those CNC lathes are almost witchcraft, they work so fast and accurately. Love your videos.... instructive and entertaining. I am a gunsmith myself (in New Zealand), and my favourite work pieces are the old ones. It's great to get them working properly again. Nothing puts a smile on your face more than a flintlock that works properly. You are right about the work to inlet a stock by hand. It takes a long time. I have an old Hollis S/S shotgun (external hammers) that I use for Western BP shooting (I have lots of solid head brass cases), and a month or so ago I fired two rounds and could not open the gun. The stock had failed where it joins the action, and on getting it apart I found that the stock has been repaired two or thee times before, and the wood was saturated with oil from 100 years of over lubricating., The old girl is at least 100 years old (Damascus barrels), and I didn't have a large enough piece of timber to make a complete new butt stock. What to do? As the gun could not be original any more I decided to splice in a new front half of the buttstock, which involves inletting the action body, two locks, trigger mechanism etc. I have scarf jointed the stock through the grip area, so a bit of cunning staining will be needed to match the wood colour to the original. I have one more lock to do and I can start finishing it. Thank goodness for epoxy glues, although the scarf joint is also pinned. It looks promising, and so far I have spent upwards of 20 hours chiselling away, although I did waste 4 hours of so on the first bit of wood as it had an internal fault that I did not see, so had to start again. Double guns don't leave a lot of timber after inletting... I did an old percussion Westley Richards a decade or two ago and the stock on that had been entirely eaten by borer beetles. The bores were perfect though, so it was worth the effort and it shot really well, I never should have sold it. Yes, flinters work upside down.Mine always have. Keep up the good work 🙂

Excellent video of assembly of the kit together and showing what a great kit it really is.

This was a helpful presentation, building one of these blackpowder kit rifles does not seem so intimidating now.

I was surprised and impressed how well everything fitted without a lot of work, a lovely looking rifle that will only get better with honest use....nice one Peter.

Taylor Sapergia of Pr. George BC taught me how to shoot. He makes the best guns I've ever seen, and he built me a .54 Hawken full stock. I started with 90 gr of 2F and primed with 4F in the pan. The gun shoots better than I do. Yours is one sweet gun. It's amazing how accurate that CNC gear can be in making stocks. What a fit! But geez Peter, git yerself a sprue cutting mold, .535, and you can hunt anything on the continent with it. Except for grizz. maybe not him, but most everything else. Work up a load with care, buy a ream of patch material and ignore the looks in the fabric store as you walk around calipering cotton swatches to get the right spec. Keep an eye out for flints in the creek. Keep yer powder dry! And make meat with that thing, what a sweet looking gun.

Awesome video! I have a percussion Kentucky long rifle, and have been wanting a flintlock for some time. I believe this video pushed me over the edge!! I will be purchasing one! I just found your channel, and I love your place! New subscriber here!

I've always wondered if those Kibler kits were a hard build now I know so I may have to take the plunge thanks for the tutorial.

Nicely done. A flintlock kit is on my bucket list to build and pass on to my grandsons.

Excellent company!

I just recently bought a Jim Kibler Colonial American Longrifle, extra fancy maple (54-caliber) with the intention to do a little bit of inlays and carving. But after getting the kit, and seeing how beautiful the figure of the wood I decided to leave it simple. This rifle will be spending a lot of time in the woods of Virginia (deer and bear) hunting, and I know it's going to get a few dings and dents but I'll try to keep it to minimum. The Finnished rifle is beautiful and I will be sighting it in for hunting loads next weekend. I'm looking forward to my next Kibler rifle as soon as I can afford it. (I almost forgot to mention that this is the first time I've build my own flintlock rifle or I should say assembled, as the amount of fitting was minimal, I spent more time on draw filing and browning the barrel and polishing brass.) This is the first time I've seen your channel and I must say that I really enjoyed it.

You built a beautiful gun, Peter. It was a real treat to watch. Thank you.

What a fine looking instrument.That smile of yours from ear to ear really tells the story.What a great life choice I envy you.

I showed this video to my nephew who plays call of duty until his eyeballs bulge. I said " See you can make your own musket". This time his eyeballs bulged from the possibilities. I think you may have another fan. As always just a great video. Cheers from the pacific northwest. Canada side. (aka Vancouver).

Now thats one happy man 🙏🙌

Thanks for the great video! Planning on ordering the Woodsrunner this Spring.

Beautiful! Thank you for taking the time to do this video. Very enjoyable and informative. Well done.

I need to get one of these. If it is that ready to go, even I could finish it...

Very cool show!! I find it a blessing to watch someone enjoying their state and creating tools to enjoy it even more! Keep up the history and great work!

Magnifique ! Bravo mon Ami ! May it bring you what you need to survive ! Cheers

This video is exceptionally good! I was smiling from start to finish. Thank you very much.

Beautiful!

Oh man! This is one of those facets of shooting I’ve been looking into. Only shot a flintlock once before, and loved it. Seeing that this is something that anyone with basic skills can do, and how this kit pretty much falls together, now I have another mania to pursue. Thank you for sharing this.

That is absolutely beautiful. Incredible work.

A very interesting lesson for a blackpowderfan. I injoyd it much and 'll try it for myself.

What an absolutely beautiful job. Love the video.

James Klien is obviously an artist. Ge really understand color layering! What a beautiful finish! ❤