I don't think we should let Eric in on the fact that we are discussing this on the forum as they may use it for their 'advantage'. When I spoke with Eric the first time he informed me that he would send me a shipping label for me to return my stock at no cost to me.....I then asked him about the time and told him I planned on using the gun and that 3 weeks was too long so he agreed to send me the stock before hand. I hate that I 'sparked' this 'panic' of these stocks. My original stock was cracked alot more than what my current one is cracked and anything that nay of you are describing. It actually had a 6" crack in front of the front lug compartment. I am going to shoot it more and see if it develops the same cracks and play it by ear from there. I plan on shooting it in 3 round sessions on Friday and keeping a close eye on the cracks. I will document it with pictures and share with all.