I have an old LC Smith (Hunter Arms, Grade 2E) that my grandfather gave me long ago. He was a gunsmith and warned me not to disassemble it because it was very difficult to reassemble. (If I remember correctly, the difficulty related to the hammer springs and/or lockwork).
The gun is well worn and has had some unfortunate cosmetic "updates" that I might consider correcting or at least lessening. But to do some of that would require disassembly of the stock from the action to do a decent job.
So I would like to first determine how difficult these are to work on, and how delicate they might be. For example, I see the stock is rather thin in the areas above and below the sideplates. So, is this a gun that would best be not take apart?
The gun is well worn and has had some unfortunate cosmetic "updates" that I might consider correcting or at least lessening. But to do some of that would require disassembly of the stock from the action to do a decent job.
So I would like to first determine how difficult these are to work on, and how delicate they might be. For example, I see the stock is rather thin in the areas above and below the sideplates. So, is this a gun that would best be not take apart?