" I like the nice touches, one of them being the extra leverage built into the release lever that makes pulling the stock off the buffer extension SO much easier."
I have a real Crane stock and I can remove it from the tube with one hand. It is a simple technique (you grab the rear part of the latch and pull down and then slide the stock rearward with that same hand and off the tube. Putting it on is just as easy.)
I have not used the M93, but I may get a chance to try one out and let you know what I think. The Crane is King of std carbine stocks IMO (if you want access to the tubes without removing the stock, no one is stopping you, just heat up a knife on the stove and chop the tabs off the Batt caps and it will no longer require removeal for battery cap removeal.
[b]So what is best?
Either Crane or M93, I haven't tried the M93 so I can't pass judgement on it.[/b]
Oh by the way I shoot nose to Ch and that is no proplem with the Crane, I like them ajusted at Colt's or Vltors position 2 (Vltors 2 is closer (where I shoot my ACOG)) Colt is missing a position where it should be. (If you like over 14 inches of stock you will have problems but I don't like 14 inches of stock.
"I'd spend the $100-$200 I saved over the more specialty stocks and use it for mags, ammo, optics, or training."
[b]I don't see how any of that is different than a good stock. And why pay for training, Join the Army or become a law enforcement officer and you will get training for free. Thunder Ranch isn't getting any of my money.[/b]
Crane repros and real Cranes in circulation number about 40 stocks right now, so expect low numbers (very few people have ever used them).