jake, after 50 years of shooting revolvers almost exclusively, I can tell you that they need to be cleaned a little more than autos. Especially what rc told you. This was the death of revolvers for military use, they don't like a large amount of dirt. I have the same 317 as you dom as well as the better half has one as her bedside handgun. Being retired old folks, we go to the range at least once a week, and go through a whole box of cheapo Federal bulk stuff from Walmart. We seldon have any problems with our revolvers.
Karen still has the S&W model 17 her father gave her for high school graduation. That was in 1957. It still shoots well. I still have the same 1934 kit gun I got when I got out of high school and saved up my money. Aside from an overhaul in 1996, it's been fine. I can't even begin to figure the thousands of rounds that has been down the tube. On the other hand, we've never has a failure to feed or a failure to eject. We've been shooting together for our 40 years of marital bliss, and the guns have been totally reliable. But we clean them well.
A revolver will give you flawless service for a lifetime if you clean it well after every shooting session, and take a toothbrush with you to the range and brush out under the ejector after about 200 to 300 rounds. That ejector is the Achillies heel of the revolver. Take care of that, and they will take care of you. Remember to keep that muzzel pointing up when you eject those empties.
