[QUOTE=Most stock splits can be attributed to a less than perfect fitment between the stock and the receiver, or poor grain structure in the wood itself.[/QUOTE]

I've always used epoxy to bed my two piece stocks. Highwalls, Ballards, Stevens and even Martinis. So far, no cracks on those guns up to .45/90. I inherited a 99 in .250/3000 but have yet to fire it. Came with a neat Lyman folding tang sight.