I received my Woodsrunner kit yesterday. Everything Jim says in this video is correct. The kit actually came almost completely assembled. It is what I would call "in the white". The only things that need to be installed are the barrel and the lock, and the sights need to be installed on the barrel. Within 10 minutes after opening the box, this gun can be fired. What a terrific kit. I don't know how they do it at Kibler's, but they make putting this kit together very user friendly. The fit of everything is superb. Thanks for manufacturing such a great kit.

For those that think it's too easy, tell them to get a block of wood and do it themselves. I'm registered for a class to build one of these this coming year (March of 2024) and I'm looking forward to it. The wood to medal fit looks excellent and saves a lot of labor. I will use mine to hunt deer in Pa.

How can a kit be TOO easy? MANY people who would never dream of owning a fine rifle like this don't have the shop skills to make one from scratch. This allows them to build something beautiful that is normally beyond most people's capabilities. It's a revolution in American gun manufacturing. For those of us who want to add all the original details not present on the kit, it would be of huge benefit to skilled customers if a detailed list of those difference be made available. As a person who loves adding details, I would certainly want to see that list! An option of obtaining the original length barrel may be too much to ask, but many would like to see that option.

What a fantastic rifle Jim! I really appreciate the lengths you go so people can have success building your kits! I need to talk my wife into letting me order this kit!!!

I can’t wait for my kit! Thank you for re-motivating me!🎉

Simply Amazing Jim…you’ve created a Great company and a Great product! Thank you!

Hi Jim! I can't tell you how often I watch your videos. I'm learning so much from them. At times I almost feel like an employee.

Full steam ahead Jim! You are doing great! Certainly appreciate your machinist mentality and artisan heart.

Thanks Jim on a great video of the WoodsRunner up date. Can't wait to make another trip there to pick mine up.

Thanks for the update. This will be a excellent 1st time kit with all the finishing you've done on it . The colonial or mountain kits would be a god follow on for someone who wants a little more work to do. I pre-ordered the Woodrunner as a Christmas present for my brother , but now hope it's a little late so I'll have to get him something else and keep it for me. Was hoping to hear that a Hawkens was next in line... but I'm sure I'll order the fowler too. You do great work Jim, thanks

Great looking rifle. You must be so proud of your work and workers. Fantastic job. One day I will get one.

You're doing amazing work Jim!! I've been waiting on this kit! Keep up the awesome work You all are doing!

Amazing machining, and quality!

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother thank you for sharing your hobby

Great improvements in the kits.

Thank you for your efforts to make such quality products available. One of your kits are my grail gun for kits. Again, thanks for all you do for the muzzle loading community.

Working on my Colonial Rifle now (having fun trying to slot the barrel lugs so this kit is sold for me!). Will definitely be getting this one. You guys should be a training class for ideal customer service!

Beautiful rifle kit. As soon as the fowler hits I am in!

Man I love your stuff! I’ve been following you for years. I was lucky enough to get to come to your shop tour and man was I impressed! I learned a whole heck of a lot too! Can’t wait to get a Kibler rifle of my own!!!

Amazing attention to detail and quality! Keep up the excellent research and development so those that had the dream of building a long rifle can be successful. One of the biggest advantages of this kit is it will allow those who have some physical limitations can still build their own beautiful long rifle.

You are truly a master craftsmen, your attention to detail is amazing Your ability to figure out how to manufacture a product like this is amazing, And that’s an understatement. Thank you for all of your work Can’t wait for a hawken rifle down the road “hopefully” Keep up the great work

Thanks Jim and staff for your attention to detail. I have built 2 colonial rifles and I must say the beauty of the rifles is second only to their accuracy. Thanks again.

This Woodsrunner is my first build and I can't wait to have at it. It's looking like it'll be a great (easy) build and a top notch rifle. I've heard nothing but amazing reviews of your rifle so to say I'm excited is an understatement!!! GREAT looking kit

Extraordinary! I enjoy the build but mostly the shooting.

I was definitely sold on the ease of putting it together, (and the shorter length) this way more time for finishing details. I have one pre-ordered too, can't wait, so hopefully before Christmas sometime? 🤞

Very nice... I'll set up a pre-order with you guys for this rifle thanks

My first Kibler kit was a SMR and it practically fell together. I can't believe you were able to improve on what was already an amazingly simple build. Can't wait to get mine. Well done.

I just last week received my colonial kit and I am beyond amazed at the quality of the kit! By far the best choice I could have made as far as who I got it from! And to think your still trying to raise the bar, you folks have the reputation as being the best in the business, it's not hard to see why lol, keep up the good work, I hope to own all three of your kits eventually! Thank you for sharing this and thank you for the great kit!

Thank you for sharing, great looking rifle.

Fantastic! I want one bad and am saving to order. I've put together a few straight barreled rifles from parts but something of this historical time period and this quality I have waited for for a long long time. You'll be hearing from me.

Great video. I cannot wait for mine to show up!!! The product you are offering is amazing and just wanted to say Thank You.

Another Great Video!!! What a Tremendous product!! I Will be ordering after the first of the new year. (My truck just Ate my gun money!) I truly felt that my Colonial kit just fell together, to see this video is a real eye opener. I have told many people that they can build an Heirloom Quality rifle from the colonial kit, which is true. Building that Heirloom quality gun from this kit will be a simple task for most people. Keep up the Great Work!!

Thank you! Very impressive at what you are accomplishing. This level of craftsmanship required of the customer is right up my alley. I think it's smart that you leave the other two rifles a little less finished as it allows your customers to progress their skills from one gun to the next. As a Western PA flintlock hunter for decades on Cabela's kit gun Hawkins, building these out to replace our Hawkins sounds like a great retirement project, to me. Now to convince my wife, lol!

So excited to get my Woodsrunner!

Once you get the load down, you can pretty well be assured of surgical accuracy . What a joy to own such a fine instrument!

fantastic looking rifle! Hard to believe that's a production piece!! Congrats!

Excellent job! I have one on pre-order. And if you ever make a left hand version I'll order two. I'm very happy with my colonial kit and thanks for having the shop tour I learned a lot.

You are amazing, my wife Tricia told me my colonial 58 cal. Is on it's way I'm so excited! Love your work I can't wait! Thank you so much

I’m so excited for my Woodsrunner!

Jim, that a excellent rifle kit! 👍👍😃

Very impressive. I finished my Colonial rifle a few weeks ago and was it was a great experience. For me it was just the right mix of opportunities for adjusting, fittings and finishing. It also provided a wonderful experience of taking my 14 year old grandson to the range with this rifle for the his outing with a flint lock. He insisted I take the first shot and he the second. He hit a 12 inch gong at 50 yards freehand before we made any sighting adjustments and was thrilled. The Colonial is a very impressive kit and it is obvious that you have raised the standard even higher with the Woods Runner. Congratulations

The videos that you have shared with us tells me that any time you touch wood. Or metal, you make awesome products. It looks great And hoping one day to be able to go deer hunting Is in southern ill. with one of your amazing products.

I like easy. You have thought it through completely. A HUGE number of people don't or can't want to build a kit that is complicated. This seems to be the way to go for the satisfaction of building your own muzzleloader. It really is amazing that in this time of fancy AR's and mag fed funnyguns that you are building these muzzleloaders. EVERYONE should grab one of these while you can. Don't retire yet, Jim! Thank You!

Outstanding Jim and Katherine. I will need to get my order in. To those who say it is too easy. There is no such thing as to easy.

Wow, amazing. You sold me on this rifle.

I have a SMR in 45 and last week I ordered the Colonial in 58 smooth, Next year I'll have to get the Woods runner, keep up the great work.

I built your Mountain Rifle in 40 cal., fantastic kit, I had great fun building it. Now you went and did it, my arm is sore because of all the twisting you did to get me to buy a Woodsrunner Rifle kit.😉

Just spent a fall night out camping with my colonial in hand! Can't wait to pick up a woodsrunner!

That is truly amazing.

Legend right here! Amazing! Thanks so much for all you do! Godbless

This really does look like a fantastic product!!!

Beautiful craftsmanship everyone and I am new to building a muzzleloaders

Brilliant video, loads of respect, bless you and your loved one's. Rodge David kidderminster uk 🇬🇧 x

I'm SO IMPRESSED! I love it, too. And I'm one of those flintlock gun builders who has machined & draw filed his own barrels, forged & shaped his own locks, and sculpted his stock from logs that had leaves on them that I cut down myself. What tops it off for me, as a former working machinist, is the focused application of modern CNC with historical hand work. Additionally, the intense focus of the historically grounded adherence to the correct form allows the new builder & shooter to open a door to the experience of past generations long ago. The modern shooter can, thanks to Jim's skill & focus, directly engage an historical object with questions of their own. I'd love to build one of these!!!

Can’t wait to order one.

Nice! Beautiful rifle. Let’s see one for us lefty’s.

Outstanding rifle! I hope to pick up a Colonial Longrifle this year. I'm really excited to build a flintlock. Most of my experience is with refurbishing old Winchesters and building wood furniture for fun. This should be a great change. Thank you so much for your passion and the quality product you produce.

Outstanding! I’ve did a SMR and 2 Colonials. I think one could put this together and shoot it in an hour!

In so excited and I just cant hide it.

I just ordered my woodsrunner I can't wait till I get it very excited.

You can bet I'll be ordering one of these in .54

I’m sitting here drooling with my heart bounding ,dreaming loving it oh my …. And I’m in United Kingdom,you Americans are soooo lucky ❤❤😂

I do plan on purchasing you're fine kit thank you.

OMG... That finished rifle is STUNNING !! I just don't have the patience or space for building one of these.

I just ordered mine this week Personally I think making it easy is great for people like me with little skills in this area. We can get a first class rifle kit that will be a family heirloom quality rifle that we can have a hand in finishing

Lets go just found your stuff while looking for my first flint lock top loader to buy, grew up hunting with my dad's old dixie gun works guns that he built back in the 70's! Crazy thing is that I am in Virginia at college right now but am originally from literally 10minutes up the road from you in Lisbon! small world. Am definitely looking at this gun as my first!

I just bought one of these with the fancy carving. Beautifully made. I'm 72 and have osteoarthritis. The suggestion I would have for people like me is set triggers. Thank you.

Seeing this video makes me feel like maybe I could do this myself. If the hardest part of this job is to sand in a hand rubbed touge oil finish, then I'm going to give it a try.

Amazing !

It’d be amazing to have a kit like this for the Baker rifle. None exist in the market currently.

Wow what a beautiful rifle I love it

Wow i built 2 smr and the butt plate was a challenge but not to much. Great vdo

Believe I heard you saying a smoothbore is next? 62 cal./20ga? Oct. to round w/ wedding band transition? 37”-38” bbl. length? I can hope. Its obvious you take take great pride in your work! Thank you for taking the time to show us the pains you take for us.

thanks for sharing

I really really want a Fowler but this rifle is very enticing. Have SMR in curly oak 40 and curly ash 45. You are very appreciated and talented Thank you

Absolutely no doubt to it you make a quality product. I wish we could some day I like tofinish our conversation about my ideas on the (WHAT WOULD ASHLEY DO) Hawkin build kits. It is important to remember Samuel and Jacob started training and building in the east before the the Saint louis builds of the mid late 1820's by the time hawkin didn't became popular until the rocky mountain fur trade was almost over. Hawkin was seen more on the Oregon/Mormon trail than roundevous. Mountain man

Just ordered a Woodsrunner in Maple .54. Finished a Colonial a few months ago and it was amazing the quality of all components. I'm now building a Lancaster from an assortment of parts from other vendors and they all require MUCH more work to fit....an order of magnitude greater amount of effort. With Jim's kits, you can spend more time on customizing, carving, inlays, etc, and not spend so much time on inletting, stressing out over drilling lock and tang bolt holes, etc etc. This is a world-class company and you cannot go wrong with a Kibler kit!

Finishing up my colonial, this will be the kit I make next!!

Just perfect!

Beautiful

Woodsrunner kit ordered!! 👍👍

Looks great! Hopefully it is a .62 caliber English smoothbore next?

That’s so nice 👍 👍👍👍👍😎

Just Amazing.

Well I’m excited.

Coming to your Open House in June 2023. Can't wait.

Terrific rifles, need a lefty next!!! please.

I can't wait

Your doing GREAT!!!!!/Ed

i love it. "its too easy" sounds like an old geezer that has gun building as a hobby. Im young. I want the best possible flintlock in the most efficient manner. I got stuff to shoot and things to hunt!

This is awesome! I am looking forward to an approachable rifle to build. Are there recommendations or instructions for bluing product/technique?

Would love to see some pistols to compliment each rifle, and of course the fowler and half-stock Hawken percussion. Maybe even something along the lines of the no longer available and much loved Thompson Center Seneca, only more historically correct.

I like how the barrel is a bare metal patina look! How did you do that!? I’m on that step next. I have Jax Brown for brass. I wish you had a video for that part! Great job man! Thanks

Beautiful rifle! Any chance on a .62 smoothbore barrel for it 😀😀😀?

I want one!!

wow. just wow.

very nice,

Wish I had the talent to build one love shooting black powder rifles

It's perfect for me

WOW!!!!