I watched a young man at my range dry hole his new Tradition's Hawkins rifles twice in a row. He had just got the rifle, it was the first time he was going to shoot it, and was real excited about getting to shoot his new gun. After the second dry hole,I sat him down, we had a soda, laughed about his dry hole experiences, calmed him down, and he finished out the day without doing it again.

Not loading powder is nothing new. I've done it, and so has probably 95% of the people on the forum. No need to beat yourself up over it. That's what makes these rifles so interesting. Of course getting distracted is an easy way to miss load.

I also have dumped more powder on the ground I care to mention, when I doubted I had already dumped powder.