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I know that 38 special can be fired out of a 357 mag but I have heard that if you do this for a while that you can foul up your cylinder a little bit. am I correct in thinking that if you clean a gun pretty much after every time you shoot it that this is no problem at all or will it still hurt a little?? :confused: :)
 
+1 on cleaning.

Firing the shorter .38 special can cause some fouling to accumulate in the cylinder's chambers. But cleaning with a bronze brush after each shooting session usually keeps the chambers clean.

The problem can be most pronounced if you shoot lead .38 specials in the longer .357 chambers. The build up of lead can hamper chambering of the longer magnum cartridges. Mind you, if you fire lots of (unjacketed) lead bullets in a .38 special revolver you can get leading at the chamber mouths too. Good weapons hygeine is even more important when firing lead bullets.

For what it's worth... this problem is even more pronounced in .32 H&R Magnum revolvers when using .32 S&W Long or .32 S&W (short) cartridges. Apparently the smaller diameter chambers can foul quickly, in as few as 18 rounds, to make chambering a magnum round more difficult.
 
I have a couple thousand 38 special semi-wadcutters which I shoot through my .357's. When I'm at the range I have a bore snake with me for field cleaning. When I get home I give it a thorough cleaning. I've never had any trouble.
 
There USED to be a problem with shooting shorter cartridges in revolvers chambered for longer cartridges.

This was a problem back in the days of corrosive ammo.
Firing short ammo in a chamber would cause erosion just in front of the case mouth, and this would eventually erode a ring in the chamber.
If longer ammo was fired, the case would expand into the ring, causing difficult extraction.

In modern ammo, there's no problem, AS LONG as you don't let the chamber corrode from lack of cleaning.

The best, safest, and fastest chamber cleaning method is to just buy a couple of chamber cleaning brushes from Brownell's.

Buy the bronze model, since stainless can damage or wear the chamber.

The brushes are made of an extra-stiff bristle that works better than using over-caliber bore brushes.

To use, push AND turn the brush as you push it through the chamber.
All fouling will be removed, usually in one pass.
 
If we are talking about a stainless gun (please note that caveat), then here is another useful step in cleaning the cylinder chambers:
Get one of those yellow lead-removing cloths at the gun store, snip off a square, put it on the end of a cleaning rod, and swab out the inside of the chambers with it.

This always removes a lot of fouling, in my experience. Softens it up, too.
 
awesome!

thankyou so much guys. youhave pretty much answered my question. I want to get one of those taurus tracker 357 mags and fire alot os 38 specials through it.


I am already very diligent on keeping my guns clean so I do not foresee a problem.
I have burned up 100s of rounds of 22lr in one day before and I would clean it at the end of the day. :D :D :D :D :D
 
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