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A properly tuned SAA (or clone) will drop the bolt into the leade (that triangle-shaped cut just ahead of the cylinder notch) not onto the cylinder itself. Regardless, and even if you violate Hawg's law, there are some things can be done to minimize wear. One is to make sure the bolt has no sharp edges; some come from the factories with edges that can cut paper, not to mention a cylinder. Another is to reduce the bolt spring tension. That can mean feathering the spring, or replacing it with a wire spring, or putting a spacer under it.
Something not to do is to round the top of the bolt ball. They are made with an angle to ride up into the cylinder notch. Rounding them off can lead to throwby or even to the cylinder rotating backward as the hand comes down.
Jim
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