DD RIS II rails

**Joelski** · 05-30-16, 18:06

You can easily find an RIS II. Just be willing to pay whatever DD wants for a spankin' new MK-18 upper.

**Zirk208** · 05-30-16, 18:24

I've been coveting a RIS II FSP rail. They show up in the EE's pretty regularly. Patience will get you a new in box model for a reasonable cost (less than sticker price).

**jpmuscle** · 05-30-16, 18:27

Originally Posted by bad aim

They're just looking for the rail, not the upper.

FWIW, A DD rep on TOS did mention a while back that they have no plans on making them available for public sales outside of the upper packages.

I realize that but, it is the most expeditious source.

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**pezboy** · 05-30-16, 19:55

If you want new and don't want to scour the EEs, you might as well buy a complete upper and part it out.

**Roadblock** · 05-30-16, 21:25

This topic has been covered many times on "another forum". The short of it is that DD realizes how popular these rails are for the "cloners" and they want to cash in on complete upper sales and rifle sales.

They said it was because of a huge mil contract which might be true but about the same time they said that they released complete uppers and complete rifles.

You either gotta source a used one or buy a complete upper. You can get a complete DD Mk18 for around $900.00 dollars.

**joeyjoe** · 05-30-16, 22:03

sweet. over gassed and all.
If you are building a clone, i totally get it. RIS II is a solid rail. However, if you just want a really robust and light weight DD quad rail, id go with the DD LITE III, best quad on the market imo.

**RAM Engineer** · 05-31-16, 10:49

Originally Posted by joeyjoe

sweet. over gassed and all.
If you are building a clone, i totally get it. RIS II is a solid rail. However, if you just want a really robust and light weight DD quad rail, id go with the DD LITE III, best quad on the market imo.

What is the difference between the current Lite III rails and the M4 Rails? Not seeing much difference in the description and pictures.

**joeyjoe** · 05-31-16, 13:46

absolutely nothing. The DD LITE III and DD M4 rails are, in every way, analogous. Well, aside from the fact that the DDM4 rails are marked "DDM4" and the DD LITE III rails are marked "DD LITE III". ha!

Originally, the DDM4 was going to be available ONLY on DD rifles. They changed their business model and made the rail available for purchase. However, in order to differentiate rails that came on DD rifles and those that were purchased individually, DD labeled the individual rails DD LITE III.

Really awesome rails...light weight, slim profile (no more "I-beam" profile), and possesses the wonderfully robust DD bolt up design. Im a weirdo and still prefer quad rails. This is the quad rail to own, imo.

But, of course, if these guys are doing clones, I totally get the need for a RIS II.