I certainly don't see that Remington Hammerless Doubles have cracked stocks at any higher rate than any other American boxlocks -- Parker Bros., Ithaca, A.H. Fox. No where near the rate of cracked stocks as L.C. Smiths. Keep in mind the Remington Hammerless Doubles are all 111 to 127 years old. For fifty years Father always carried a #7 1/2 trap load in his right barrel and a Remington Express or Western Super-X #5 or #6 in the left of his 1896 vintage AE-Grade when after Pheasants.