Ive seen many people comment online about how many failures theyve had with various cheap grade ammo, Ive had very very few, even with the cheap stuff. Ive wondered if the gun type may matter, I mostly shoot hammer fired guns, K-22, Single Six, Marlin 39, and Ruger MkII target, and all have factory springs. Most will go many many rounds with no cleaning or help before they start getting gummy or slot to load or eject or whatever. The old Winchester Wildcats were cheap and available in the 80s and 90s, I shot a LOT of it, it was pretty reliable. The recent Rem stuff comes in for a bit of grief online, but its been fine in the few cases ive shot of it.
I dont doubt people have had the problems they say, it just makes me wonder what guns they shoot it in and if they ever clean them. I dont clean mine all that often but they should go 1000 rds or more before needing any real attention, some go quite a bit more like the Marlin.The Colt 22 1911 conversion kit is the only one that comes to mind as being sensitive to needing cleaning more often than others The floating chamber get funky if not kept reasonably clean, like every 500 or so rds of cheap stuff.