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Originally Posted by Todd Poer
Bigger question is why are cracked stocks happening even when the guns were relatively young. Is it frame issue to wood ratio, american walnut material and straight grains, guns being overloaded or dropped, hard use...
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I hate being devil's advocate, but yes. All of the above. English walnut helps mitigate this as on D Grades and above.
Most pin jobs will be found on black walnut stocks of the lower grades. But if done competently, they appear to hold. Notice I didn't say "attractively."