It find it interesting that none of my old Marlins 1894s or 1893s and Winchester 1894s have cracks in the tang area. Not exactly the same but the stock to receiver fitment is somewhat similar.
I guess none of my 99s have cracks either. So there is that.
Indeed the stock heads of those guns aren't dissimilar from the Savage, note too that neither of them utilize a draw bolt....
Another great old timey rifle that suffered from cracked wrists was the Marlin Ballard single shot, and gasp, draw bolt there also.
Common denominator between the Savage and Ballard: tapered parts being forced into wood via screw pressure.
