jfmcco, I'm assuming you got an owner's manual with your LCR. Ruger recommends you send the revolver in to them for anything other than "routine" cleaning! Having said that, if you have a very good aptitude for disassembling and reassembling handguns then "studying" the parts breakdown pages intently and going slow, you should have no problems taking this gun apart. If you "don't" have this aptitude, then another option would be to take it to a local "competent" gunsmith and have him take it apart while you watch and ask questions! The "good" gunsmiths will do this for you! Although I have yet to put one of these in my hands, just studying the schematic, it looks pretty simple, at least with my level of competence. Over the years, I have taken many guns apart for the first time simply by studying the schematic and the gun in my hands. You can learn to do this also if you have the mechanical aptitude!......................Dick