I have had my Victory for about six months and have managed to run 2000 rounds through it. The majority of the ammo was CCI Minimag 36 grain but I have also run Federal, Blazer, Winchester and Remington in small quantities to see how they cycled. I have to say that I love everything about this gun, accuracy, weight, esthetics, ease of breakdown even the out of the box trigger. My bore is super smooth, almost looks polished. The takedown screw was tight but I used a socket set allen wrench instead of the factory supplied wrench and tightened to 30 inch pounds when I reassembled it. Have not had the screw loosen on me.
I have couple of Rugers that I really like as well, but neither performed were even close to the Victory out of the box. They are both great shooters now that I have redone triggers, tuned mags and polished internals.
Getting a threaded barrel Victory as soon as I can find one at my LGS. Thanks S&W.