I’m just gonna keep shooting it and if anything happens then it happens. If it’s just a gouge I don’t care, it’s rifle that gets used and I expect it to show signs of use the more I use it, I just don’t want it to suffer the fate of current A3 stocks.
There’s a black A1 stock (with black grip, black A1 charging handle, and in the pics there’s a bolt carrier in the stock so I’m assuming bolt carrier and most likely bolt too) on gunbroker right now that was supposed to end in like ten minutes that I’ve been watching and it’s currently at $470 and still climbing. I’m not paying that for just the stock that I want (don’t need any spare grips or charging handles or bolts/carriers) when I got this stock directly from Steyr for like $175 or something. If this stock cracks it cracks. I haven’t seen any non A3 stocks crack so this will be the first I’ve seen if it happens.