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Thanks for all the advice guys. It looks like I wasn't the only one that has had this issue.

Well, I cleaned the holy heck out of each one of the cylinders and it worked!!! It took me several times through the cylinders to finally get each one clean enough to get the rounds to fit. I actually resorted to attaching one of the scrubbing brushes to my drill to finish the last 2 cylinders because the first 4 took about 45mins. The drill made quick work of it after that.

I really appreciate all the feed back and solutions!

Tools used:
Gun Scrubber
Rem Oil
2 Scrubbing brushes
Black & Decker 18v Drill
elbow grease
and a lot of patience

CC Italian wrote:I have a .32 h&r mag and once it was hard to extract and fill the cylinder since shooting. 32 s&w longs. Took a bore brush and a little heavier solvent and got rid of the buildup.runs like a champ now! Get those rings out of the cylinder. That's my guess

I will definitely try it tonight. Standby for results!

Thanks for all the responses so quickly.

To answer a couple of questions

1.They are all factory ammo and no reloads.
2. I've tried several different brands as well, Remington, Blazer, Hornady, etc.

I really believe it has experienced some major buildup after shooting .38 sp so much. I will try to clean the heck out of it and see if that helps. If it doesn't, I'll be reporting ASAP.

thanks again to my fellow gun lovers!

I have a S&W .357 magnum that I have shot for the past 3 yrs. I have shot both .38 special and .357 mag through it with no problem in the past. I have been strictly been using .38 special the past few months due to cost. I found some reasonably price .357 mag that I wanted to put through it, but it will not fit. They don't feed all the way down enough for the cylinder to close all the way. I've cleaned it thoroughly(I think) but still the same issue. Has the cartridge changed?

Does anybody have any ideas how to remedy this?