How many rounds before cleaning?

[Gunsmoker]

Say in a SHTF scenario and you cannot clean your guns regularly.

How many .357 rounds would you expect out of a 4" GP100 before you'd expect a malfunction?

What part of the gun would need cleaning for the firearm to operate again?

 

[.cheese.]

actual number depends on your ammo really.

on a revolver though, during a SHTF situation, you can expect to be able to use it quite a bit before a malfunction. In fact, you'd probably run out of your ammo cache long before you ABSOLUTELY must clean it.

 

[2ndamd]

At least 2,000 rounds. Then you could just brush the forcing cone and make sure that under the extraction star was clean.

I don't know honestly but, a range I use to go to had a 4" GP100 SS and they cleaned their guns every 6 months.

 

[TimboKhan]

I don't know that anyone could offer an exact round count for you and be 100% right, but it would be a whole lot. I personally have shot 200 rounds down my .357 carry revolver with no particular problem. I would assume that accuracy decreased somewhat, but as far as function, everything was aces.

I don't want to say it isn't anything to worry about, but the reality is, it's probably nothing to worry about.

 

[jad0110]

In fact, you'd probably run out of your ammo cache long before you ABSOLUTELY must clean it.

Or worse. Seriously, in SD situation I think I can safely say that you would never be able to fire enough rounds to cause any problems, assuming the gun is clean and in good working order to begin with. I always clean my guns after every range trip, that goes doubly for the ones I rely on for defense. Not only is a clean gun a happy gun, but while cleaning I can spot problems before they have the potential to take a SD firearm out of action.

For the record, the most rounds I've fired without cleaning was about 350 through my K-22 in one session. Case extraction became a tad stickier after 250 rounds, but it wasn't a big deal.

The most important thing, IMHO, to remember is to eject your spent cases straight down towards the ground. This greatly reduces the crud buildup under the ejector star that can potentially bind up a revolver cylinder.