DEVL,
THE LMT/CRANE IS APPROX AN INCH LONGER THAN THE VLTOR CARBINE STOCK. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. SHOOTING WITH THE CARBINE STOCK COLLAPSED, E.G., SIMUNITIONS, AIMPOINT, ETC., I DO NOT TEND TO SLIDE OFF THE FRONT. HERE, I PREFER THE VLTOR, BECAUSE IT IS LIGHTER, STRONGER, AND HAS THE BUILT-IN SLING MOUNT.
LORD STONER,
ROGER THAT. THE VLTOR FIXED STOCK WORKS GREAT ON THE CARBINE TUBE. MOST OF OUR COMPETITION SHOOTERS PREFER IT TO THE CARBINE STOCK. AT THE IPSC 3-GUN NATIONALS, PAUL EVEN HAD SHOOTERS SPONSORED BY OTHER PROMINENT MANUFACTURERS BUYING VLTOR FIXED STOCKS FROM HIM!
I HAVE ONE, MYSELF, BUT #1 SON HAS IT ON HIS LOWER & WON'T GIVE IT BACK. MUCH LIKE ERIC OF VLTOR, HE'S EXTRA LONG OF LIMB, 6'6", AND APPRECIATES THE EXTRA LENGTH OF PULL.
WES