i have had my S&w Schofield for around 3 years now ,i have perhaps fired 9or10 thousand rounds from it with only two minor issues ,one is occasionally it will jump unto half cock when fired, i think it happens mostly with nickel cases, I recon the frame firing pin is slightly long and the case on firing is rebounding it back slightly,any one else notice this . The other one was as the gun wore in i had a slight back and forth movement in the cylinder ,i fixed this by removing the cylinder star and putting a 3 thou. shim between star and the back of the cylinder this cured the cylinder float completely. I have not had any other issues and I have not noticed any dings on the rear of the cylinder . this pistol is one of the most accurate i own and i would never part with it .