mxnamvar
I don't shoulder both rifles much since I shoot off mostly bags and bipods. I would give the better balance when shouldering slightly to the powertuned cricket since my gun has the long skeleton stock with the longer forearm. Unfortunately those are not available now and only come with the standard length skeleton stocks. The crickets purchased with the bulldog style wood stocks with the magazine holders have the longer forearm as well but I never held one of those. The synthetic stocks are shorter but heavier than the skeleton ones. They both balance pretty close the same for me but I give a slight edge to the cricket.
I agree with xz10wall that the Veteran 25 long is a better value since more features are included like very adjustable trigger, better shroud internals, threaded end of shroud to accept LDCs, anti double loading mag system, 20 moa rail, more advanced HSTA, etc. To purchase a power tuned cricket, you would have to spend $1400 on the gun then get it powertuned for about $200 more or just buy one from Charlie to save a little dough. The Veteran longs are only $1289 and come with more features. You might get lower shot count for the Veteran long at the same velocity settings as a power tuned cricket but will be saving at least $300 if you went with the Veteran. They are both tack drivers and have almost identical accuracy and both have the LW barrels.
I hope this helps.