by Rod Rice | Jun 6, 2026 | News, Repair, Uncategorized
One of the best things I like to do is restore firearms. For me it’s the challenge to take something old and worn and bring it back to life. I have restored several firearms over the years. See the Carolina Gunworks Facebook page, as well as my personal Facebook...
by Rod Rice | May 29, 2026 | News, Repair, Uncategorized
As a Gunsmith, customers will bring me firearms of various makes, age and conditions. Some are fixable, some not so much. On this occasion, a young man brought me an old Ithaca Flues double side by side shotgun in 12 gauge. The young man, in his twenties, was holding...
by Rod Rice | May 24, 2026 | News, Training
Previously we discussed the items to start out reloading ammunition. We started with a press, looked at scales and reloading manuals. Now it comes down to what components needed to make rounds of ammo. There is four components to a round of ammunition. Primer,...
by Rod Rice | May 15, 2026 | News, Training
Of all the things needed, a reloading manual is the most important. The reloading manual provides the powder weight for different weight bullets to be loaded. Manuals can be found from most bullet manufactures and press manufactures. Recipes can be found on forums or...
by Rod Rice | May 8, 2026 | News, Training
The scale is an instrument to measure powder weight in grains. Essential to the reloading process, there are two types available, Balance scale or a digital scale. In reloading, everything is measured in weight. The measure of mass used is in grains. There is...
by Rod Rice | Apr 24, 2026 | News, Training
If the reloading press is the “foundation” to reloading, then the dies are the heart of the process. The primary dies are the tooling used with any reloading press. Each stage of the process reflects the component that makes up one round of ammunition. The...
