[absolootezer0]

5,000 rounds? That’s a lot... Heavy loads too?>br>
the more (local) people i talk to, the more i find out that that is alot. i always thought that most people shot like i do, but most of the guys i've talked to (at least locally) that have owned their 44's for 10-20 years, haven't put that many rounds thru 'em- and that's just my first year with it. i'll prolly go thru more this year.
10.3gr isn't an obnoxiously heavy load, its about 90% of the current "safe" maximum.

[OKSooner]

Jeez, Dirty Harry, you've shot that gun down to a frazzle! :)

Just kidding...

Seriously, I'm not an expert on this kind of stuff, I just post on all the gun threads.

If it were me, I'd get it fixed, test it, then put it out to pasture like an old classic car and then buy another one to replace it. And find myself a nice, moderate practice load with a hard-cast bullet around 240 grains moving at no more than about 950-1000 fps, and try for 10,000 rounds.

Just MHO.