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Enjoying some mild winter weather I decided to go try a few new guns out including the new A5, a 1962 Stevens 311a, and the Winchester model 24 all in 16 gauge. First up was the Stevens I shot it marginally well but decided it needs a pad to increase lop. Next up was the Winchester model 24, I'd read all the negativity about this gun akin to a 2x4 but went on a streak with this gun, bad mount, bad stance, not focusing on the bird didn't seem to matter, I couldn't miss I remember thinking maybe they did build things better back then, this thing is awesome. Finally it was time to shoot my A5, one of two guns of many that has killer looking wood, I launched the bird and the target exploded but something did not feel right, In horror I saw that the stock was cracked from one side of the receiver to the next. I did the only thing I could, I got the 24 out and shot some more clays. The A5 was 99,999 short of its guarantee, we'll see what Browning says or does, Scheels prepared it to send it back tommorow. The shell was a one ounce rgl, maybe they did make things better in 1950. It's a bummer but at least I wasn't injured. That was a damn fine looking stock, my guess is that there was a existing crack as it followed a grain line pretty uniformly. What a buzzkill.