Thats great he insured it and you can replace the stock. I've bought and returned four hand gun just this year that were defective from the Mfg. S&W, Ruger, Breatta, and Glock all didn't cycle or stove piped S&W a .38 barrel was misaligned front sight canted to the right also cylinder latch wouldn't release proper. I kept the Glock out of the four it was repaired right. I actually sent the Smith off twice ended trading it on a Sig 238. Of all the hand guns I've bought and traded on Sigs. are the most reliable and are the most accurate except for the Glock. Fed-X is the carrier guess I been lucky so far.