Hi guys,
Quick background on me: Engineer, good with my hands, own a full cabinet shop and building up a metal shop (have stick welder, Sieg metal lathe, mill but still learning how to use them), been doing moderate electronics work for a LONG time (limited surface mount soldering), cabinet design, electronic design, acoustic design.
In short, I'm handy! Including precision work.
But gunsmithing would be totally new. And my BFR needs a trigger job, badly, among more minor work (stiff loading gate, more minor stuff). They say the BFR is the same design as a blackhawk, and still more say the blackhawk is one of the easier guns to work on.
So I thought I might buy some literature:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/615...la=ProductDesc
Read it a few times cover to cover, then have at it perhaps with some handholding from anyone here willing to help me out.
The question: think it's a reasonable project for an amateur? Since polishing a trigger isn't building a benchrest gun, is it simple enough with the right documentation for a cautious amateur with common sense to tackle?
only part of the reason to do it myself would be to save money. A big factor is the satisfaction of doing my own work, learning more about the internal mechanics of the gun. I've sometimes paid an extreme premium in time and money in other pursuits for that reason!
But in short: BFR trigger job simple enough for a good amateur's first project?