Daniel Defense MK18 RIS II Fake or Real?

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johnbridger

Joined: Aug 2021

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Posted: 12/14/2024 11:30:32 PM EDT

Yes Yes another fake or real post. I bought this off some lady who claims to be divorced and got a bunch of stuff in a settlement from her husband. Long story short the rest of the stuff shes selling isn't anything I've ever seen cloned by airsofters (Triggertech, Crossmachine tool quad rail etc).

I noticed the slightest amount of barrel wobble when the barrel nut was torqued all the way down. You can wiggle the barrel up and down a degree or so. The barrel nut is steel, tested with a magnet. Interestingly my DD Lite barrel nut wrench doesn't quite seat in the cutouts. A castle nut wrench is what I used. TheA barrel nut is pretty egged out so it's obviously been used on a real firearm.

My rail has silver helicoil inserts where I've read real DD have purplish ones.
The finish on my rail is a matte colored anodizing vs fake ones having a shiny paint. The finish is near identical to the dogbone upper its on.
The RIS II bolt up plate on my does not move when barrel nut is fully torqued vs DD's video says it loose until the quad rail is installed
The barrel nut looks similar but the grooves don't seem as deep as ones shown on DD's website. Not sure if this just a really old one because the rail is Salty AF

Photos. Thanks in advanced