Welcome to the HONORABLE SOCIETY OF DRY-BALLERS! :applause: You are only the latest- NEW-- member. :cursing: I say that because you can expect to REJOIN the club several times over your lifetime of loading MLers. :nono: It gets easier and easier to accept the fact that you are mortal, and the more often this happens, the better your blood pressure will be! :shocked2: :redface:
The most common reason for this lapse in mental judgment is being interrupted by other shooters, family, or friends while loading your gun. I tell people to GO AWAY when I am loading so that I don't lose my concentration or the place I am at in the loading procedure. Some people get hurt feelings about this, but when they understand the problems they cause by interrupting a shooter loading his gun, they stop doing it, and wait for the shooter to finish.
I consider it to be akin to waitresses interrupting your conversation( rude), or waiting until you have just taken a bite to eat, and have your mouth full( totally rude and ridiculous) to ask you, " How is everything?? Can I get you anything else??" They have no idea how close I have come to simply spitting my food out at them, and then answering their questions! Its the quickest way for any waiter or waitress to see their tip diminish- and I am a good tipper.
I have grown to be very intolerant of the " Interruptors " at the gun ranges. I have never dry balled my gun loading it in the hunting fields, where I am generally alone. Its not a side of me I like to visit too often, and that makes me even more short with them. I once asked, " What part of "GO" don't you understand??" Without looking up from my gun. When I had my PRB down the barrel, and seated on the powder, I looked up and they were finally gone. The guys next to me were all smiles. :grin:
Save yourself. No one else is likely to be around to do it for you. :hmm:
. The really bad part is, "BOTH" times I was shooting by myself.....:redface: 
just when you thought you could walk on water, someone tells you where the stones are in the lake. shows we are all human and prone to mistakes. (my turn will come too!!!)
