I am very comfortable removing the sideplate of a S&W revolver and to a cleaning and light polishing of internals. I have never found any issues except crud that has found it's way into that area. A cleanup and relube always made the gun function more smoothly.
I need advice from the experts here but if I were nervous about disassembly I would be inclined to remove the stocks and spray the insides with Gunscrubber and allow it to evaporate followed with Remoil spray or WD40 DRY Lube, (not WD40) followed by compressed air to make sure everything is as dry as possible.
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