I would advise caution and patience. The solvent used to remove the lacquer would likely also damage your stock finish. And removing the stock from an L. C. Smith is far from the easiest home gun repair job you might attempt.
Actually, taking them apart isn't all that hard, assuming you have the correct hollow ground screwdrivers to do it without really screwing up the screw slots and surrounding metal.. Getting them reassembled is the hardest part. If you dislike darkened lacquer, you will really hate buggered screws, scratches, or stripped threads, etc. while fighting the top lever spring. Do a little research on that before you decide to jump in.
