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Ben Grady

Saturday morning I loaded up some 117gr Prohunters and took the Tikka out for it's first hunt. Finally saw a Goat at 220yards across a gully. I lay prone and shot it through the shoulder. Off the bluff it went. Got up sunday morning and decided to load up some Varmint rounds for the 25 06. 75gr V-max at 3700fps (book load).
Trimmed the brass to length and de burred the neck. Used a gauge to sort out the seating depth and had to seat deeper than just off the lands so there was one caliber of projectile seated. Started re-loading and was about 20 rounds in when I realized I hadn't primed the cases. Bugger. Luckily I have a good die bullet puller so out they came. Powder poured back in container and the cases had to be re-sized. Put them in the tumbler to remove any lube. After that I packed a sad and will have another go tomorrow. Just shows mistakes can happen. I see myself as still a novice and have been re-loading about four years now. I did re-read parts of Nathans re-loading book this morning to pick up any finer points. Should have read the bit about priming. What a Muppet.