Quote Originally Posted by GilpinGuy View Post
Has anyone ever known anyone to have a tube mag on a lever gun "blow up" from recoil or dropping the gun, causing the rounds in the mag to set themselves off?

I'm a recent, first time lever gun owner and a few gun people I know have told me this is a thing, but I've never heard of it before. Seems to me that tube mags would have gone the way of the horse and buggy if this were the case.
Load, shoot, enjoy. I have 1/2 doz levers that work fine with JHP, FP, etc. If you're concerned run JHP's.