I have acquired a nearly perfect 2-3/4" SKB 100 12 ga, fully engraved beautiful gun, besides for the small 1/8"-1/4" hairline cracks on the sides of the receiver scalloping. You can just feel them with your fingernail and have to look hard to see them, they appear to be along some grain lines.

Anyways, I have read the SKB100s are known for cracking there, my question is are there any easy preventative things I can do to keep them that size and not get any larger?

I have already decided not to shoot any heavy Hi brass, baby magnums through it, I will stick with game loads and maybe medium brass field loads.

Thanks for any help

Probably best to post this in the Gunsmithing forum. Lots of great stock folks there.

Have the buttstock re-bedded and glassed. Those were not fitted correctly to the rear of the tang. nd fix the crack at the same time.