Quote Originally Posted by vicious_cb View Post
Just so its clear to anyone else who happens on this thread in the future, its pure stupidity to take a hacksaw to your rail just to make a FSB fit. In this case to meet some match requirement Ill give it a pass but if you're thinking about doing this on serious use rifle: don't. You are compromising the strength and rigidity of the rail when you start taking chunks off it that some engineer who designed it thought should have been there in the first place.
Numerous people on this forum, including senior members and industry professionals, have cut into their rails and modified them. It's not a big deal, especially if you're only modifying the ends.