J Frame guide or video recommendations

[10Mad]

Hey all. I have a few J frames that I would like to slick up the actions. I have had no luck finding anyone local to me that I feel confident in doing this so I am looking for a guide or video that that would aid in the "traditional" action job of just polishing the internals. I have seen a few on YouTube but they always seem to skip steps or are unclear what exactly they are showing.
Is there a good link to a video or instructions for this that you've used with successs
Thanks for your help or looking at this.

 

[Pisgah]

There's really not much to it -- so long as you know how to correctly dis-and-re-assemble. Essentially, disassemble the gun, examine for roughness or burrs on bearing surfaces and for abnormal rubbing anywhere, carefully polish away rough spots being absolutely sure you do not round off or change any bearing-surface angles. Reassemble.

But as easy as it sounds, and is, screwing up always lurks as a possibility. By far the best and safest way to improve a J-frame trigger action is --- shoot it, shoot it, shoot it. Second best --- dryfire it, dryfire it, dryfire it. You do NOT want a light trigger. In single action, you want crisp; in double action you want smooth. Weight is, for the most part, really irrelevant. Yes, you can fiddle with it and get it scary light -- whereupon it will be utterly unreliable as anything but a paperweight or target play-toy.

 

[BlackRhino]

Jerry Miculek made a video you can still buy on DVD. It is a bit old, so the production values are not modern, but it is clear and easy to follow. It covers disassembly, doing a trigger job and reassembly.

Highly recommended.

 

[robertrwalsh]

As stated above it isn't THAT hard if you are reasonably mechanical and don't mind spending a small amount of money on some basic hand tools it is easy enough to do. A good video, like the Miculek one referred to above, will be very helpful.

 

[10Mad]

Thanks for the info. Yes I'm confident I can do it, I just get nervous looking at the mousetrap inside. I'll have to look for the video.