Intentional?

by Warhawk, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Sunday, August 12, 2012, 13:06 (4488 days ago) @ Rob Leahy

I don't think so, but it is common to see broken stocks due to shipping damage. It's partly cause by poor packaging.

Imagine if you laid the rifle on it's side, with the barrel up on a log. Then you stomp on the receiver hard enough to crack the stock sideways. That's the type of break on both of these stocks, and I had Winchester 94XTR arrive with a badly broken stock a few years ago, same type of damage but that one broken completely in two.

It's easy to remove the butt stock on a Marlin to prevent this, and that's how I ship any lever guns these days.