Speaking of mistakes.....Many years ago I was reloading 30-06 rounds. My rancher pal and I had a few beers and decided to throw together some bullets. I thought I had checked all of the cases to be sure they were charged with powder before seating the bullets. A couple of days later I ws hunting on his ranch and saw a buck about 75 yards away. I fired and missed (the loads were not that great) and the deer ran up the side of the hill. I chambered another round and fired...but it only went "click". When I tried to chamber a third round it wouldn't load. I decided something was very wrong. Apparently I had not loaded powder in the case. When I fired the second round, the click I heard the primer, which forced the bullet just into the lands and prevented the third round from chambering. If the bullet had traveled even and inch into the barrel and the third round was fired, the gun would have certainly blown up. I was very lucky that day. Since then I do not mix alcohol with reloading, although the mistake could have been made anyway. Be sure to check, then double check, every step in the process.
