Originally Posted By: ninepointer
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.


Er, which? BSS or SKB?

There are two guns out there with the BSS label stuck on them-a boxlock and a sidelock. I don't know if they built enough of the sidelocks for us to get a clear picture of how often the stocks crack. But, James Flinn seems to think they are inletted quite well.

Best,
Ted