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Anyone know how to adjust the forearm on a 21? A buddy of mine brought a 20 gauge to the club Wednesday and he couldn't get the forearm on without it popping right back off again. It was a little too tight getting it on and you really had to press hard in the middle of the wood to get it to lock. I didn't like it that tight. You almost had to tap on it with your fist to get it to lock and stay on. I didn't like doing that and it seemed a little too tight. How do you loosen that up just a tad?
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All three M 21's that I have are the same situation. You have to give them a good lick on the forearm to lock them on.
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this came up a while back and the suggestion at that time was to put the f/e on as far as it'll go then unbreech the gun about halfway and the f/e should snap right on. i've got a model 23 i have to do the same way.
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Try a shim between the wood and the forend iron.
AC
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in fact, i've seen pics on dealers sites of several model 23's that are cracked around the rear f/e iron screw escutcheon and i now suspect this is the reason as pushing on the f/e out at the end severaly strains the wood at the back. as most f/e wood is pretty thin anyway, they usually don't like beind whacked or leaned on very hard.
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Jimmy the Schwing Model 21 book doesn't have anything in it about adjustment. It does have reprints of the owner's manual. They direct that the forearm be "snapped" in place.
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As Roger said, break the barrels and then snap on the forearm.
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the forearms do "snap" into place because that's the way their latch works. but that doesn't mean they need to be forced or smacked to get them latched. things on guns don't like being (what amounts to) hammered into place. if there's more load resisting the f/e going on than just the spring tension of the latch, unhinge the barrels.
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I tried opening the barrels but it still wouldn't go on. It would go all the way down against the barrels but not enough to turn the lock to latch it. So, one guy pressed it with the heel of his hand and it went on. I was kind of afraid to do that, but it worked. I thought that bending the hook that goes under the lug might help. I noticed some of mine were bent more than others. His had a little bend in it, but I don't think it was enough. But it stayed on so he was happy.
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Did you try the shim? Your wood has change over the last 50 years and therefore is keeping the iron from going into place.I just did my grandsons and it now snaps in place.I can't imagine opening the gun to get a forend on.
AC
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