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Originally Posted by scruffy
I shot over 500 factory FMJ and SJHP the first time I decided to disassemble the cylinder and yoke of my 66-8 for cleaning. It was not binding up or malfunctioning in any way. I was curious and just wanted to do it as a preventative maintenance thing. It was fairly clean and probably could have easily gone another 500 rounds before cleaning.
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Seems like the jacketed rounds with factory powder should go ~750-1000 rounds no problem.
As I said, there's a little more endshake than other new S&W's, though not excessive. I'm guessing they left a little more play between the yoke tube and the cylinder face so as to allow more room for fouling before it becomes sluggish.
I can look at this K-frame like a short 1911: great gun for carry, but need to maintain it every 750-1000 rounds (spring change for the short 1911, clean out the yoke tube for the K-frame).