New CZ All American Single Trap Forend will not release and lever stuck part way

[Nemo]

Just took delivery of my CZ All American Single Trap (34 inch) 2 days ago. I took it out of the case and assembled it and then went to disassemble and the forend will not budge plus the forend release lever won't close all the way. The CZ folks are closed for the day.

Thoughts?

[DeltaGray]

Before writing multiple questions, partially because I just saw your post CZ over unders seem to be tight in the metal to metal parts based on what I have seen.  I have not opened and closed barrel to stock or remove forend on a single barrel AA trap model. I learned to use some lube (very small amount) at a time to open close barrel to action as well as the forend metal as well.  I would hope that you reached a technical person at CZ.
 

[ddf]

Hi just purchased the CZ all American single trap and have had the same issue with the fore end release when first tried. agree with Delta posting about a dab of grease on all parts. fore arm now releases perfectly. I assume you have fixed the issue by now but just wanted to get my 2 cents in. let me know how you like the gun. took me a few rounds of trap to dial in. have about 2,000 rounds through it so far and love it.

[DeltaGray]

I have an All American but just an over/under.  Other brand shotguns are all also difficult to "lock" the forend which is the opposite of not releasing.  I did not solve your issue but I sometimes mention that CZ smiths answer questions and resolve issues as I found out. I watch for metal wear marks on different brands of shotguns.  A pro skeet shooter and an Elite Shotgun store manager told me that some people (including me) can use too much grease on shotguns. I have seen too many dry action to barrel fit on shotguns.  My All American fit was very tight as I read about but I put some grease at places before I fired it and opened and closed action multiple times.