My J Blanch and son BLE SXS recently had a loop failure. Took a shot and felt the forend come off the gun. I don’t hold on to the splinter forend. The tip rests on the bottom of my palm as I hold the barrels to shoot. The loop had sheared off leaving a perfectly sized hole in the bottom rib. I think the solder gave way. My gunsmith soldered it right back and all seems fine now.

All the best

SkeeterBD