Originally Posted By: Daryl Hallquist
Try putting a very thin shim between the underside of the forend iron and the forend wood. Sometimes this keeps the wood from touching the barrel too soon and not allowing the latch to catch fully. Check this by putting the forend iron on without the wood.

I had that same problem on a gun, I think it was a Nitro Special, and I used slices of business card to shim the forend iron. It worked perfectly.

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