alias7

Hello all I recently received a Monte which I love, but have a question as a new Benelli owner. The forend cap has to be screwed down extremely tight to get the forend snug against the receiver, even with this a 1/64-1/32 gap remains between the cap and the plastic forend piece. When I take the barrel off and place it in the case this is not an issue, it sits flat on the forends plastic cap. One concern is that I have it too tight and may crack the forend. I know this is an issue with the other "B" brand's models. Is this normal? Benelli has already sent a new cap, which helped a lot, but a gap remains.