do presses wear out?? how much a risk would it be to buy a used one? assuming the used one is a good one to start out with??

im sure i can probably get lucky and snag one that was hardly touched...but you never know if you got the ebay or gun sale route...

are they something that can just be "shot" and garbage after so long? the ones ive used seemed very sturdy and durable...but just checking...i wont be buying for a while yet, just curious while were on the subject....

i just got home from college for the weekend and dad was ranting about ammo...cant find pistol ammo...i thought he saved all his pistol brass and he told me he been tossing it...he had a guy that would buy them for a while then the past few years he quit buying it so dad had no use for it...hes going to start saving it again...i WILL get into reloading...

i been looking online and midway and cabelas is very limited and out of stock on alot of stuff....but i think it will be a good investment for me....i know i wont save a ton of cash but i can load better ammo than the dirt cheap stuff for a comparable price...even the wolf ammo and dirt cheap stuff isnt so cheap anymore and is a bear to find....the days of 100$ cases are probably over...the days of going to camp for the weekend with 1000 rounds of various ammo and coming home with none is probably over....

but i think if i start loading my own i can slowly find components here and there and stock up so i will always have my own supply so when i want to shoot i can go shoot...

dad said he been hunting 40s&w ammo and cant find it anywhere right now...i looked for 2 weeks and couldnt find it either...

hope things change...its ugly....

glad i know how to shoot a flintlock!! maybe i better learn to cast my own balls and bullets and make my own black powder just so i can always hunt...