Kibler Longrifles

Kibler Kit Assembly Class March 2021 - Day 3

It has been a pleasant day here at the NMLRA Education Center. Students working on their Kibler Colonial Rifle Kits are learning some of the finer techniques of longrifle decoration from Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes. While Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle students continue hardware clean up and stock sanding.

Kibler Kit Assembly Class March 2021 - Day 1

After a night of thunderstorms in Friendship, Indiana, students arrived ready to learn at the second Kibler Kit assembly class with Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes. Workstations are spread apart in the NMLRA Education Center, giving students enough room to spread out their tools through the week. Many of the 7 students have come with their rifles still in the box, but a couple have already assembled their kits, looking to focus on learning to carve traditional motifs into their longrifle stocks.

The Kibler Hawken Kit - Is there one on the way?

Earlier today on the Muzzleloading forum there was a post about Jim Kibler sharing a Hawken kit. A Kibler quality Hawken kit would be a welcome addition to the Hawken kit market, giving many whos first muzzleloader was a hawken, the chance to relive their original building experience.

[VIDEO] 2020 Kibler Kit Assembly Class with Mike Brooks Day 3

In case you missed it, we’re continuing with our video coverage of the Kibler Kit assembly class with Mike Brooks. During day 3, students begin staining their stocks, aging brass and we follow Mike as he helps a student repair a crack in their stock.