I made a jig years ago from someone who posted on here. A Remington would bend like butter - and go right back. Other would bend and stay. I've cracked a couple by not paying enough attention to the grain flow in the wrist area. A friend throws a couple bags of shot on the barrels. From the trigger guard back it hangs over the bench with a bag of shot on the butt end. A couple of heat lamps and a oil soaked rag around the stock does it. He just keeps busy in the shop and watches the stock to see if it will bend. When it gets to what he wants he turns the lamps off. He's never broke a stock yet.
