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And tell me, would you do this to a shotgun? Not mine, you wouldn't!!----

OUCH!

You could weld it solder in a shim or do it this way .or like Jimmy leave it lose.

That’s how they all do it. See Jack Rowe’s video on YouTube, ‘Tightening Forends’. Larry Potterfield likely learned this from Jack who was an outstanding English gunsmith.

I always try an easy/less drastic way first. Probably JB Weld a shim in there first would hold it. Or just order another piece.

Or just use an accepted way of tightening up a forend

Or

It’s the way They do it at the the factory. Lots guns already have a dimple on the forend iron. It’s also the way I was taught . I made a punch year’s ago and have used it successfully many times

Stretch the forearm,,it's the way it's often done.
I've seen it on hundreds of guns as have others. From utility to top tier.

Some are haphazardly criss-cross peened . Others neatly staked with one or two lines as in the vid.
Often a narrow drift is set in the underside of the cut-out on the iron itself where the forend lug touches it.
A couple of wacks and the metal pushes forward to close the gap. Forend tightens up and no messy marks on the bottom or sides of the iron.

I prefer to solder in a shim on the surface of the iron at that point.
Sometimes a shim onto the forend lug itself if the amt of play is excessive or easier to fit. A small seat on the FE lug face can be filed out for better contact. Soft soldered into place it won't come free and is easy to do w/o disturbing the lug itself or the ribs.
Final fitting takes the longest to do.

Does the metal ever break or crack? Hammering on gun parts always makes me nervous. But then I am not, and do not claim to be, a gunsmith.