Beautiful gun. Have you shot it? I don't think you have a chance of the stock breaking. The wrist is big and they have a very special way of pressure treating the wood on the RBL’s, which makes them not brittle. If by chance you do, my friend was in a car accident with his model 21 even though it was his fault they fixed his stock for free. I personally don't own a gun but I though that was quite noble. -Cowboy-