Jim , I've bent five stocks now , and tonight I cracked the first one { mine ] . It was a 1873 Remington lifter - I believe it had been restocked years ago - a nice job , but now I see the grain along the top of the wrist was going up - not following the shape of the stock . Had I noticed this before hand I might have not tried it . The break wasn't that bad - should have it fixed in a day or two - just glad it happened to one of my own . Experience is a wonderful thing . Paul