wagonburner
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Depends on what you shoot through it. Back when I owned my two, HOT loads with 125 JHP's were in vogue. I did a hand replacement and fitting on my 2 1/2" because of that. My compressed Blue Dot loads cracked the hammer of the 4" when my Dad still owned it, he came home from qualifying and 'confiscated' my Trooper MkIII, went back and finished. I never got it back. (I was 17 at the time)
A steady diet of .38's with the occasional box of .357's, and yeah, they'll last longer.
Mmm, that doesn't ring true either. I have never ever shot a 38spl in any of my Python's, or any 357 revolver I own (that I can remember that is). I never shoot a shorter case bullet in a chamber designed for a longer case. I don't overload, but the only light loads I load is for cowboy action. I've shot everything from 115gr FMJ to 200gr hard cast in my Pythons.