New "parts" bag in my revolver kit

[Petrov]

So because I had 1500 remington small pistol primers I loaded some up in my usuall 38 special load with solo 1000. 

Had to get a new strain screw new main spring and return spring to get the balance right. So now my trigger pull is at 7.6 pounds vs 6 pounds for federal primers.

So now I have a dedicated spring set for federal primers and one for "hard" primers.

I also have been keeping track of my round count and cleanings. I can get up to about 1200 rounds before I get ignition problems due to soot and crud buildup under the extractor star and the back of the cylinder crud and crap. 

For those of us who are godless barbarians who do not clean our revolvers how long can you go before problems crop up?

[PatJones]

I clean the barrel and outside of frame/cylinder when I'm embarrassed to show it to my customers. That's probably somewhere shy of 2000 rounds.The internal parts get detail striped once a year before the local ICORE regional.

[radny97]

Depends on the powder and bullet. Some need cleaning faster than others. I had some unburned powder (W231) get under the ejector star on the last stage of a regional ICORE and make it so the cylinder would not close after a reload. Now i run a nylon brush under the ejector star after every 3 or 4 stages when shooting a match. Full clean every 1000 or so. 

Edited December 12, 2017 by radny97

[RePete]

When I shot PPC - lead and Bullseye - about 2000rds.  I brushed under the extractor star between each stage.

 

Now with plated bullets and TiteGroup - in the neighbourhood of 5000rds.

[GMM50]

Most of the pistol powders manufactured today have been reformulated to eliminate the flakes and just leave a film.