But these are amazing to shoot, super light and handy. Not sure if Kibler has put a cast-off on his, but I put one my Foxfire build and the sights lines up perfectly when shouldering it.
I’ve build a SMR and a Colonial before starting to make mines.
These are high quality kits and worth every penny. If you want the simplest and least expensive one, go with the new barn gun kit.
Maybe some day, but at the moment I don't have time to spare nor the energy to take this kind of responsibility.
The grease hole is something specific to the early 19th Tennessee rifle. Hershel House chose to put one on his build in Foxfire vol 5. Some example can be found in books about Southern gun as you can see in the attached pics or this old article https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1971-B23-Tennessee-Rifles.pdf
But these are amazing to shoot, super light and handy. Not sure if Kibler has put a cast-off on his, but I put one my Foxfire build and the sights lines up perfectly when shouldering it.
I’ve build a SMR and a Colonial before starting to make mines. These are high quality kits and worth every penny. If you want the simplest and least expensive one, go with the new barn gun kit.