ejector forend question

[Brent Francis]

I recently picked up a GHE 12 ga . In order to latch the forend it is necessary to open the action. It appears that the ejector stems are pushing against the ejector shoes and by opening the gun it alows the ejectors to move forward and the forend snaps in place. When the gun is closed evidently the leverage pushes the ejector shoes back a little and the forend remains in place. Everything seems to work normally but I was worried that this may be putting stress on the ejector mechanism or the forend loop. Is this normal or should it be adjusted?

[John Campbell]

Something is not right here. And too many of the parts you mention inter-relate to diagnose the solution via a BBS. I'd say take your gun to a qualified Parker smith. DelGrego or Bachelder are two of them. But there are others.

[charlie cleveland]

theres a fair amount of lc smiths that have this problem...i have a 16 lc smith thats very hard to put the fore arm back on.i dont take it off too often...i did not know parker had some of these problems...i ve got a d h e parker and it is very simple to take fore arm off...i have learned that iff im looking at someone else s ejector gun and i want to take the forearm off i let the owner or seller take it off if they will... charlie

[Brent Francis]

Thanks Charlie, I think that Kensal gave the right answer on a solution. but as I lack patience, good sense not to mention Im notoriously cheap, I decided to take a file to the back of the forend loop. Not recommending this to anyone but it my case the problem solved and forend is still rock steady when in place. i could see evidence that the forend loop had been recently resoldered so it wasnt a complete stab in the dark