AI Short Forend Bridge for AT-X and 20MOA Accessory Rail Kit do not match?

[Glassaholic]

For aesthetic purposes I prefer the short forend bridge and was intending to use that with my Thermal; however, AI made the short forend bridge with only 8 key slot holes and the 20 MOA accessory rail which co-aligns with the 20 moa picatinny action rail needs 9 slots??? Why on earth didn't AI make the short forend bridge with 9 keys??? My options are to use it anyway and only have two bolt lockup and slight overhang or use a non-standard rail that is not 20 moa... what would you do?

Below is the image showing the slight overhang of the accessory rail over the back of the bridge, I could have a 'smith drill and thread a hole in the back of the bridge but should I really be doing that?

 

[Glassaholic]

Here is the top view, you can see there is no key slot for the back hole on the far right.

Here is a standard rail

 

[mikekustoms]

Did you ever come up with an answer/solution to your question? I just bought the AIX chassis for my Anschutz 54.18 and wanted to add the short bridge to it, so that it would clear the scope objective without an extra high scope mount.

 

[Glassaholic]

Did you ever come up with an answer/solution to your question? I just bought the AIX chassis for my Anschutz 54.18 and wanted to add the short bridge to it, so that it would clear the scope objective without an extra high scope mount.

No, never found a solution if I wanted the 20moa picatinny

 

[impactaddict]

Did anyone contact Mile High?

 

[Glassaholic]

Did anyone contact Mile High?

I did not, I ended up going a different route so never pursued it further