My screw-ups at the bench have not been catastrophic yet. I once loaded 50 rounds of new 308 brass, only to notice the last two or three I could rotate with my fingers after seating. I went back and tested the whole batch and found nearly 20 that would turn. I hadn't neck sized the new brass, so I pulled the bullets and started over.

Also, after carefully weighing each charge of powder on some test rounds for my triple deuce, I found that I forgot to charge two of the darn cases. I usually charge all the cases before starting to seat the bullets. When I'm done with the powder, I always check the block of standing cases with a flashlight to make sure there's a charge in each. If I hadn't done that, I would have been dealing with a stuck bullet.

A friend of mine taught me how to reload. He had a very stringent step-by-step procedure that all but eliminated any careless errors. I find myself not quite as militant with it as he, but still have my game-face on while working up rounds.

Be safe out there!