Buying a .38 cylinder, if you can even find one, and having it fit would cost about the same as picking up a nice used M10 or M64. Then you would have two guns.

I have been shooting .38s in .357s for more than 20 years. Only once have I had any issue getting the cylinder clean. That was on a 40 year old Colt that I am sure had nver been cleaned of this ring. I doubt it had ever fired even one round of .357 ammo before I purchased it. Even then It only took about 30-45 minutes of scrubbing with Hoppes and a .40 cal bronze brush.

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