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.357 Problem

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  • JustC
    have you been shooting 38spcl in it? If so, have you cleaned the chambers well? If you use the shorter shells and don't clean the chambers well, a "lip" of carbon and powder etc will form, making it hard for the longer 357 shell to go all the way in.
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  • S&W Man
    If it was working fine and now wont chamber in one spot, something is probably in the cylinder blocking the shell. I carry a S&W 28 all the time and once in a while I will have this same situation and all I ever have had to do to correct it was a good cleaning aggain. Even though I clean it regularly, thing happen. I use 38's for most pratice and once in a while they will even leave a spec of powder in the cylinder and that can even cause similar problems.
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  • grease_monkey
    Thanks Guys,I have been firing 38spl in it. I thought I had been cleaning it well enough but I will go at it again tonight and see if that fixes it. Visually it looks clean but I guess it does not take much to cause it.
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  • spclark
    Get some Kroil oil - or other penetrating oil - soak a few patches & push 'em wet into the cylinder's chambers. Let 'em sit there ovenight with the cylinder open & then use a 38 caliber bronze brush in the chambers (with more oil) to loosen & remove the "baked & blasted on" carbon or other fouling that keeps fresh rounds from chambering correctly.
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  • califsaeco
    Well believe this!! When S&W first started making .38 ammo for their model 52 they produced a large batch of ammo. Some time later competitive shooters complained of jams in their weapons and a very observent reloader noticed that there were some factory rounds where the case was 10 thousanths longer. It seems that the factory had 50 stations operating at the same time and that one of the 50 was maladjusted and made the longer casing. It took a lot of complaints and sending in of the offending cases to convince them.JohnPaul saeco95687@yahoo.com I have a list of 70's Saeco bullet molds and pots to sell off "Oldies But Goodies"
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