We have recently completed a special run of our popular RIS II MK18 rail systems in black. These rail systems are designed for use on a 10.3" Carbine Length barrel with a low profile gas block. We currently have these in stock in a very limited quantity. The will be available for purchase on the website in the next couple of days or you can call us to place your order. MSRP is $359
It will that’s how mine is, I shaved the FSB down on my barrel. My barrel is a Colt 14.5" SOCOM M4 barrel. I cut it down to 10.5" and shaved the FSB to fit under the MK18 RIS II rail.
Because it was designed for a MK18, which has a 10.3" barrel. The barrel sticks out just far enough beyond the forend so that a suppressor can be mounted on the flash hider. There is no room for a 203 to be mounted on the MK18 barrel.
Thanks god you can remove the bottom half of the RISII . As you can see from the pic, it is a very tight fit with the big honking .936 gas block. The gas block does not touch ( but it is very close )
Takes some juggling to slide the rail on , then gas block on halfway, then line up front of rail and move the two components in place. The gas block obviously does not fit through the front of the RISII
You can see how tight the barrel is in the opening of the RISII
If you wanted one bad enough, Noveske has Mk18 uppers with the black RIS II in stock. You could take the rail off and sell the other parts but thats a lot of money to drop just to get a rail.
We have the FDE and black RIS II Mk18 rails in stock. Soon to be ordering some of the new Mk18 FSP models too (in FDE) that I saw at 2011 SHOT show, these look great on 11.5" barrels.