I had two stocks professionally bent, a Spanish boxlock, and an English boxlock. Neither stayed put. My hunting buddy has had his English boxlock bent a few times, it keeps moving back, says he is all done trying to get it to where it needs to be.

About the time I was figuring out the whole bending thing was a crapshoot, a very good gunsmith penned this on his blog, and convinced me it wasn’t a great idea:

https://vicknairgunsmithing.blogspot.com/2022/07/another-bad-idea-that-refuses-to-die.html

Hey, I’m all done.

Drew’s photo of the Darne broken through the wrist illustrates perfectly why it is a REALLY BAD IDEA to attempt to bend a Darne. Further, if you see one for sale with the tell tale cracks at the back of the action where it meets the wood, it might be a real good idea to keep looking.
It doesn’t matter what fellow is attempting to bend a Darne, it just matters that nobody should be attempting that.

Best,
Ted