I just received this repro stock from Greeno. HE is selling them in the EE. I put it on my M4 and it fits fine. As you can see in the pictures it has a little shine to it. It seems to be well made and the battery storage tubes have O rings on the caps. I will put it through the ringer this weekend as I just put a PRI fat boy gas tube and Flip-up front sight on.  See pics below>>>>

PIC of my M4 with crane repro collapsed.


Close up of stock collapsed!


stock fully extended!


note the shine!!


Does anybody no how I can paint this thing to match my ergo grip and handguards???

some Krylon Ultra flat will take the shine right out of it.


is the stock for airsoft guns?

Nice illegal stock you have there!

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Did ya try the 1 meter drop test yet?

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What kind of flash hider do you have on that?  Or is it a brake?  Does the PRI flip-up front sight have a bayo lug on it?

It might be a pre-ban.

the flash hider looks like its the one from AAC that accepts a OD supressor

I got my Crane knockoff from GreenO too. I read the drop test article. Stock in the drop test held up well but the latch pin bent a little. I just swapped out the plunger, spring, nut and roll pin on the Crane repro with my Colt parts. All the Colt latch hardware fit perfectly. I don`t forsee any problems with it.

Uh-oh!

Could someone please to me what the big deal is about a "Crane" stock?

What the heck is so special about it? How is it different/better than a conventional collapsible?

Also, please excuse my ignorance, but from what I've been reading here lately these Crane stocks are actually illegal reproductions that are intended for Airsoft toys? People are putting toy stocks on their real carbines?

Once again I'm sorry to sound like an ignorant dipshit-but this whole Crane saga doesn't make a damn bit of sense to me.

I can't understand either why someone would want to put a toy stock on a real gun.For that kind of $$ you could get a really decent stock made for an actual rifle.To each his own.

Well, at least I'm not the only one then [:)]

While this perticular person has put a reproduction crane stock (designed for airsoft) on his rifle, there are actual crane stocks that are made by crane (that are subcontracted to ARMS and LMT I believe) that are for serious use rifles. They have mainly been seen on SPECOPS operators rifles but there have been some that have been made available to the public (not by ARMS, crane or LMT directly, but have somehow become circulated on the market). The crane stocks that are out there are selling for about $500 currently. They offer better cheak weld, and waterproof battery storage. and if you are into being a collector of want one becasue the cool guys use it then that is "the stock" to have.

However, VLTOR makes a stock very similar to the crane with the same type of triangular cheak weld and also has waterproof battery storage. It is designed for use on real rifles and is also used by many "operators". It is almost 1/3 the cost of the crane and IMO, is equal to, or better than the Crane.

Ahhh, thanks for the info Wipeout [:)]

I bought one of my authentic Cranes from ARMS directly. It was explained to me that they got a number of them to "evaluate" for possible future production. I know they didn't get many and when they put them up for sale, they sold out quick. You guys do realize that you put a "toy" stock on a real firearm? You probably could have bought a Vltor stock for less money. Plus it would have saved your reputation.