I guess there's not many owners of these guns out there? :-) I got the forearm off. I actually had to remove the wood from the iron first. Then I had to use a screwdriver to pry the iron off the barrels. Like I said it was tight, very tight. Im guessing the J spring is a tad too long and will have to be filed back a little. I doubt the forearm was ever taken off this gun. It is under way too much spring pressure to remove the forearm by simply pulling it off.