Smith & Wesson Revolver Workshop

Do you own a Smith & Wesson revolver?  If you do, would you like to learn how to take the side plate off and remove the parts, clean them, inspect them, lubricate, them and then put it all back together?  We cover J frames; K, L, and N frame revolvers.  We will discuss what parts you can change out on the Smith & Wesson revolver and what parts you should have a qualified gunsmith work on.

We are extremely fortunate to have a top notch Smith & Wesson gunsmith in Evansville that performs excellent work on these revolvers.  His name is Carter Taylor and he is a Crime Scene Technician with the Evansville Police Department (EPD).  He has worked on numerous Smith & Wesson revolvers for Guy Minnis, the Director of Training for HARD TARGET Firearms Training.  Guy rates Carter at A+++.  You don’t get better than that.  When the time comes that you need a Smith & Wesson gunsmith, Guy can put you in touch with Carter.

Guy has owned Smith & Wesson revolvers since 1975 when he became a police officer with the EPD.  Guy carried S&W revolvers for years before transitioning to semi-auto pistols.  He has a great deal of experience with these revolvers and he is willing to share his experience and training with his students.  Some people think they can perform their own action jobs on revolvers, but this is extremely dangerous.  If you carry the revolver that you reworked the action on, you are an accident waiting to happen.  Guy has had firsthand experience with police officers that thought they could work on the action on their guns; wait until you hear some of these horror stories.

Only a qualified gunsmith should ever perform an action job.  A poorly done action job and can lead to an accidental discharge or if the spring pressure is too light the hammer will not drop with enough force to fire the rounds in the cylinder.  Something like this could get you killed.  Come join us for this 3-hour seminar.  Students will be required to bring one of their Smith & Wesson revolvers and a gun cleaning kit.  Students will learn how to disassemble the revolver, clean it, inspect the parts for wear and tear, properly lubricate the parts, and put the gun back together and perform a function check to make sure everything works properly.