It's not all that great a gun in terms of build, and to a fair degree even in looks. The builder is a rookie at this ML game, though he's a pro wood and metal carver, for sure! It's all a learning process, who hasn't crawled before learning to walk? So much to know about ML guns, I'm always learning good stuff!
Yes, he installed the trigger guard too far back, a big blunder considering nothing is interconnected to the trigger guard to be concerned about, so it's just a matter of sticking it wherever - hopefully with the trigger dead centered in the guard's bow! - which is why the trigger and trigger plate get stuck on first. I could correct it by moving the guard forward but that would require sanding off all the neat looking relief carving that's under and around the guard. Not worth doing, plenty of trigger finger room as is and I don't shoot with mittens
Right now, it's my only muzzleloader. I sold off the Kibler .54 Colonial I'd built and will stick with smoothbores only. When I build a fowler next year, probably the forthcoming new Kibler kit, this one will more than likely go up for sale ... for cheap.
Until then, it'll be used for local shoots and the coming TMA Postal Match.
