He stepped over to the wall and pushed his left hand, which held the stock's forend, against the door frame.

The forend also has integrated the ability to house batteries and/or other small devices.

The shooter pulls back on the forend to begin the operating cycle.

The straight stock is Turkish walnut with a heavier forend to support the barrel.

The sliding forend is connected to the bolt by dual operating bars.

It retained the use of the ex-military stock with the shortened forend.

Nearly all pump-actions use a back-and-forward motion of the forend to cycle the action.

The standard M468 uses a regular forend.

Switching between the two modes is done by manipulating the ring located at the front of the forend grip.

After firing a round, the bolt is unlocked and the forend is free to move.

With some designs, pressure bedding is preferred, where a single point of contact remains between stock and barrel near the forend.

He was risking being seen with the forend and barrel of his rifle exposed, but in the early dawn he'd take the gamble.

Picatinny rails are provided on the forend and on the upper receiver.

The forend is connected to dual action bars which cycle the bolt when pulled back towards the receiver.

The Mossberg Mavericks come with a polyesthic stock and forend.

This forend is quite different from the usual sporting forend.

The very slender receiver necessitated a swelled shape for the forend, which Henry thought was vaguely strange looking.

The grip section of the stock and the center of the forend had a different sheen to them than did the rest of the wood.

Splinter forend, but on a four it's a pretty big splinter," the man said with a laugh.

The forend is fitted with a T-way rail for sling swivel or tripod.

Several folding stock models have been released as well as variants with railed forend combinations.

As the forend is returned, the action bars bring the bolt forward while the carrier aligns the shell before seating it into the chamber.

"Winchester makes their stocks a little slimmer, and they groove the forend deeply to give a good grip when you work the action.

Other variations include either a Picatinny rail below the forend or an 40mm underbarrel grenade launcher.