Originally Posted by bronko22000

I shoot my lever guns quite often. A little trick in loading - don't push the round all the way in if you're going to put another in the tube. Leave the cartridge stick out a bit. You can hold it with the finger tips of your left hand to keep it from popping back out(or your thumb depending on how you're holding the rifle). Then run the next cartridge right behind it and push them both in. Continue this until you load the last one and push that one all the way in. It makes life a lot easier.