Help with a clamshell release on a Lefever.

[Tom Hawkins]

The lever pulls up fine but the fore arm seems way to hard to pull off. I do not want to force it and break the wood. Any help from a seasoned Lefever expert would be greatly appreciated.

[Bruce Day]

Tom, on many Lefevers the tightness of the forend is adjustable by means of a screw on the latch mechanism .