Yeah that isn't the plan. Would be cool if WBY could help put humpty dumpty together again, might be cheaper than smith. But if they don't no biggie. I'm just surprised at how easily/cleanly it snapped and wondered if other people had issues with that particular stock. They have NOS of the same one on ebay, but I don't think we're going that route as IMO I think what you sacrifice in strength to get it light isn't worth the tradeoff.
Funny story on the whole bent barrel topic. We were elk hunting in Idaho, and as we were taking the ATV trail up to the parking point, my uncle met another ATV coming down. It was a narrow trail and he pulled over, but the guys rack bumped my uncles as he went by. Didn't think anything of it and went on hunting. My cousin had already shot a bull, so my uncle was out front and they jumped a spike. This is the selway so we would typically shoot any legal bull as it might be the only thing you see. The spike stopped at 40 yards broadside, BOOM, miss. It runs 5 yards and stops, BOOM, miss. Then runs another 5-10 yards and stops broadside again, BOOM, miss. Then it ran away. He was pretty pissed and figured his gun was off, so picked a spot on a big tree 50 yards away and shot, nothing. Moved in to 30 and shot, nothing. Finally moved in to 15 yards and shot, nothing. Took the bolt out and looked down the tube check for anything wrong, and that when he saw the barrel was in fact bent. It wasn't actually the racks of the ATV's hitting, it was the other dudes rack snagging the end of my uncles barrel through the case. To add insult to injury as they were walking out, my cousin with the functioning gun was walking in front. They stopped to grab a sandwich on the hike out and my uncle started out in front as he normally does. 100 yards later they jumped a 5x5, it ran to 60-70 yards and stopped to look back, but by the time my cousin got up it had taken off. He had it straightened at the smith, still shoots fine today.
