Hello everybody! I'm new to the forum and would like an opinion and even if this has happened to someone else. I bought a Remington 11-87 12 gauge today and ripped 9 shots out of it to get it going considering I will be using it for deer hunting and I loved the way it felt. Very comfortable, the recoil really wasn't all that bad and it was fun to shoot. I got home today and just because I took off the forend, I guess it was a good and bad thing I did. There is a small crack that obviously can't go any farther because it goes the length of the piece of wood where it is, but it's bothering me that now I know it's there. In the place that it is in, do you think it could potentially get worse in other areas and affect the gun in general?