I picked this up a couple years after it was introduced. Seemed like a nice idea to me. I recall hearing that S&W was thinking of doing this in the mid 1970's. This model was later made available as a Wells-Fargo version with a short barrel and in a nickle finish as well.

At any rate I sure don't see much posted about these S&W's. I guess many folks have them stuffed in the back of the safe as I do. I have shot this some, but the sights and trigger pull made the effort less than stellar. Still it's a favorite ... would like to hear others experience ...

Wish I had some experience to report, alas , when they were available I didn’t have the wherewithal. Now, they are rare as “hens teeth”.


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Why did they stop making these? Did they not sell well? I would have thought they would sell, but I don’t remember seeing any in shops back then to buy.

I had a Uberti clone for a few months.........bought it for $900.00.......shot one box of hand loads out of it and sold it for $1200.00!

They pop up on GB regularly. Interesting firearm but I figured if I want to experience a Schofield I'd buy one of the originals,which I did. The modern Schofields are less expensive to own..but do not have the same persona as the originals...if that matters to you.

Why’d you sell your Yew Birdy? Did it not shoot well pard?

I believe at the time when Cowboy Action Shooting was at its height, S&W jumped on the band wagon and reintroduced a facsimile of their old Schofield Revolver - pretty much their only viable offering to SASS Shooters. While not an exact copy of the original, it looked and functioned well. I've never owned one but have used one in SASS matches on occasion.

I have a Cimarron/Uberti Model #3 Schofield chambered in 38 special. It took some filing on the front sight to get the POI up where it needed to be and the trigger pull is quite heavy.

The revolver is very fun to shoot because of it's unique design and heavy weight.

It has the 7 inch barrel and is wearing American Holly stocks. It's a keeper for me.

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Does anyone know how many of the S&W versions were made?

Having never owned one, the OP's comment about the trigger not being very good interests me. Are they 'correctable'?

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I found this S&W Schofield 2000 several years ago. 1 0f 100
7 inch nickel with special serial number NKL001 to 0100.

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It shot well enough.......I had to reduce my standard load of 10 grains of Unique and Elmer's 255 grain bullet to 7.5 grains though!

Like others said Ive never owned 1 but had look them over at a few shows... Fit and Finish are quite good. Different, I do Like the Cimeron SAA's...Italians build the best SAA... Very impressed with them.

I would like to have one to shoot black powder 45 Schofield loads. They seem to run around $2K or up on GP and I haven't wanted the experience that much just yet. (smile)


Dave

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They had a factory engraved number that was 4800.00 IIRC-booo cooo piasters for me at that time!

I have 2 of them, and I have shot them some in SASS matches. I shoot Gunfighter, so pulling them both out at a time and clanging steel is a real hoot. I wish we had to re-load on the clock more often.

WR

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I have a Uberti in 45LC. It is the Wells Fargo version. It shoots well & has a nice feel.

I thought I might get the S&W version. I called a friend at the factory I've known for about 15 years. He told me they were built like the originals. I was told if you shoot them a lot, they would loosen up like the originals. That is why S&W modified them back in the day. He told me to buy the Uberti as the were built like the 1st ones. That would save me about $1000.

I think your friend told you wrong.

The 2000 was reverse-engineered, incorporating a safety mechanism among other changes.

The Uberti versions are not built like the originals, either.
Denis

If that is reverse engineering. Smith & Wesson should have fired that engineer.

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Not fond of the hammer block safety or the frame mounted firing pin, but it is still a real Smith & Wesson...

Yep! And besides the caliber the only thing they seem to have got right was the brand name. But it seems they reverse engineered (and poorly for that matter) a Uberti copy instead of a real Schofield.

Maybe that's why it disappeared. Overpriced and not nearly as good as a copy as an Italian copy.

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Almost anything made by Man in this World is "correctable". The trigger pull of a Smith & Wesson Schofield must be one of the easiest ones.

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Would love to see a “how to” on fixing the pull on the Schofield.

As I recall the Schofield was reverse engineered from an example owned by Roy Jinks. I am pretty sure the Italian revolvers came after the S&W.

The Italian breaktops came out in about 1996.
The "new" S&W Schofield came out after.
It was reverse-engineered to be built in the Performance Center in limited numbers, and to look like an original while incorporating modern safety features.
Denis

Is the reverse engineering and modern lock work why they aren’t more coveted?

People like original patterns.
Nobody MAKES original patterns anymore, even Ubertis are castrated.
Denis

None of the reproductions seem to like black powder. That was a good enough reason to hold out or an original.

I have a Uberti in .45 Colt. It shoots quite well and I'm having a hell of a good time with it. As others have said above, the Uberti clones are a reasonable facsimile of the original. In some ways, I prefer the Schofield over the SAA, although I really like my Pietta Remington 1858 cartridge conversion with the Kirst conversion. It was built by Gary Barnes, now in Texas and it is just as smooth as silk.

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I have an Uberti 5" copy and like it a lot. Well made and a good shooter.
I remember when the S&W Schofield 2000 came out. All the gun rags were putting it on their covers and heavily pushing it. I remember seeing them and thinking "I want one!" then I saw the price and though "Aw Hell NO!". I forget the exact MSRP on it, but I'm pretty sure that's what killed off any hope of it becoming a standard item. It certainly killed off any hope I had of ever getting one.

Who today makes the best one ? Don’t care about price as long as the quality is there . I would be shooting it a lot so would want one that can hold up to that .
Would love one in .44 Spl.

Uberti is the ONLY current maker.
They have approximations of Russian, Schofield, and No 3 NM.
Calibers .38 Special, .44 Russian, .44-40, and .45 Colt. (Not all calibers in all models.)
Taylor and Cimarron are the importers I know of.

I am very pleased with the fit and finish of my PC Schofield. It is in the back of the safe, unfired.

The Smith was the best of the bunch.
I wish they'd have kept it going.
Denis