May Day- Bought a parker to celebrate

[Grantham Forester]

Please refer back to my previous postings about a 12 VH with Briley Tubes- The gentleman sold that before I could re-contact him- $750.. cash. But besides the 12 DHE 30" DT serial number range 135xxx that was refinished 20 years ago by the DelGrego Gunsmithing Co. (which, at 3K I couldn't quite swing)!!

I did buy his 12 Trojan all original 28" DT serial number 21144 for an even $500. The fine reference tables on this Forum indicate this was made aproximately 1925-- has the original uncut stock with the std. 14" pull from front trigger-- with plain lined black plastic butt-plate, pistol grip but no black cap, plain breech w/o the "dolly's-head" extension that is on my 12 VHE, 90% barrel blue, all screws in line and un-boogered, and about 50% of the factory issue color hardening on the receiver. The only problem- the forearm is stuck into position very tight- is it necessary to remove it to clean the barrels and action in the receiver? If so, how often, and what is the best procedure for removing a tight forearm without doing damage to this fine shotgun??