As a side note, though, it might be worth mentioning that the hollow stock does allow a bit more accomodation for space when wearing your gauntlets is concerned. I've found that when trooping around for hours on end at conventions, parties, or whatever,..a solid stock, even though being movie accurate, tends to rub and bump your gauntlets a lot more than if you were to carry the hollow one. a hollow stock can alleviate a bit of that constant wear'n'tear on the paint, with that extra room, where your gauntlets can mostly be snug inside that hollow space. In the end, I think one of the main choices between these two different stlyes of the stock is accuracy vs. functionality...one is more true to the what we see in RotJ, the other is a fan-made interpretation of the blaster, but it looks to provide a higher degree of comfort, especially for long hours of toting your blaster around. Just my two cents worth