Good write-up and pics, glad you shared it.

This is a Kibler Woodsrunner in a .54. I did a write up earlier this year of the carving I did on it. Definitely an easy kit with some laborious metal finishing. I would definitely recommend a good manufacturer for a flintlock or you’ll never shoot one again. This has climbed the list of my muzzleloader arsenal to number one for function and aesthetics. This one is a sweet machine and I haven’t had a misfire yet with due diligence of keeping the vent clear, sharp flint, etc. I'm shooting 95gr 3F goex and prime with the same. .535 Hornady roundball. I can hit the 6” gong at 100 4 out of 5 times. Its a shooter. All of the photos look like poor shots but somehow they are all exits. Heres the hit of the elk off the knee at 75

Flintahs make better stories period .

Thanks for sharing

Great story and hunts! Congrats on the new additions as well. I’m sure you do, but save your stories so someday you can tell your kids about them. Be pretty cool to say when you was only a month or two old your ole Pops went out with his muzzleloader and filled the freezer with deer and elk!

I'm familiar with the Kibler Woodsrunner. I'll bet Jim Kibler would appreciate hearing your story with pics. Darn nice rifle !

definitely enjoy the pictures and write up

hunting can be very different in different places , nice to hear about it .

man, what a good year, thanks for sharing,

Nice.

Congrats. I know you probably were having withdrawal symptoms with no bowhunting.

Due the round balls always exit?

CO's in Colorado in the late 80's told us while we were archery elk hunting that they wanted to ban round balls. Too many entry holes, no exits. Elk ran in a 200yd semi-circle, dropped dead and not found. I believe one must use a conical now in Colorado.

Thanks for the story and pics.

Beautiful Kibler build. I have heard lots and lots of good things about his guns.

Roundballs don’t always exit. But with that said i killed 4 things last year with a .45. I found the ball all the way on the other side of a bear and buck antelope. They were dead within 50. Lung shots. I had pass throughs on another lope and deer. The two deer this year were pass throughs with the .54. I shot the doe in its bed. It didnt get up. The buck loped 20 yds maybe? The elk i did not get a pass through. It went maybe 75 yards. Its weird because you can see a mark on its right side in the mountain pick, but i shot it on its left side. In recovering balls they always retain their weight. Interested to weigh this ball.

I built this .54 for elk. I had an elk last year in the irons of my .45 and didn’t do it. I think in CO a lot were getting shot with .50s. As one can assume, the bigger the better. Glad I had some more thousandths to throw down range

Thanks

Nothing beats hunting with a flintlock for me.

Now that is making meat!
Thanks for posting,and good job on the flintlock.

Well done ! Great write-up and pics, too.

Congratulations on your success and your beautiful smokepole.

Congrats on the 2 new additions to the family as well! I assume they were twins?

Excellent, great post and pictures. Thanks

JIm bridger would be proud....Great job!!

I have a couple percussions, no fainter. But that is cool, especially the cow.