Is there any chance that TI will sell the kobra rail without the optic? I don't understand why the rail sold with the picatinny mount is completely different than the kobra
This has been asked for before from other forum members. TI has so far declined to sell the Kobra rail without the optic. I suspect they wish to either sell their complete optic and rail combo, or the Kobra and rail combo as packages to help them recoup the cost of developing the no-drill mounting system for the Type 81.
Some like GnutzGuy on YouTube or Murray 3-d could probably tell you if you can order the AK Universal Kobra compatible mount plate from elsewhere and drill it out to use the TI no-drill mounting pins from either kit, or when pre-installed on the "optic ready" version of the special edition rifles.