Originally Posted By: L. Brown
The Ithaca SKB's do have a tendency to crack behind the scallops, although the cracks are mostly cosmetic, never seem to go too far. And those are through-bolt guns. Usually keeping the bolt tight does the job.

Someone mentioned BSS earlier. I can't recall ever having seen one of those with a cracked stock.


One of mine came this way. So I had the head glass bedded and have since put approximately 1000 skeet loads through it, with no ill effect whatsoever.