When I was an FFL and ordering lots of guns, I would occasionally have the stock broken in shipping. This would occur if it was wood and just one single gun lightly boxed. If it was multi-guns and shipped with plywood around them no problems. Or if in a plastic gun case, all good. After lots of inquiry, I was told by UPS that their shipping equipment will sometimes bend the long guns and break the stock. This occurs as it moves on their conveyers and makes a sharp turn. The stocks are just the right length to get stressed at the pistol grip and that is where the breaks are. Just like the maple stock break.
