For shame, for shame B.L.E. . . . you dry balled your rifle?!
I just can't imagine anybody doing that . . . forgetting to put powder in first.
Don't feel alone . . . like you say, sooner or later it will happen and usually when someone bothers you during the loading process . . . you're in good company though . . . a lot of us are "card carrying members" of that club!
