Does putting a B.A.D. lever on a 15-22 make it any better of a weapon? Or a set of BUIS? Or any tactical add-on whatsoever?? Or does the Magpul version of the 15-22 shoot better than the Basic version? No. It's innovative because it allows for the weapon to be equipped and outfitted exactly like an actual AR-15 without any adapters or modifications to the lower. It's innovative because it would allow for standard AR items other than just a trigger to be used... folding stocks, non-collapsible stocks, etc. It would allow for a Delta ring assembly without the adapter or the "gap" between the lower and the delta ring. It would allow a standard free floating hand guard to be used out of the box.

Mimicking the actual platform of the AR-15 is the goal. Training... with a 15-22 that exactly mimics the AR-15 you're training with something that is as close as possible (Aside from a dedicated upper on an AR lower) to the real thing. If you don't understand the value of training with weapons that closely resemble the real thing than you've obviously never served any time in the Military, Law Enforcement or the Security field.

If the adapters that allow some of these same modifications are innovative, why wouldn't an 80% lower that incorporates everything you need the adapters for and THEN SOME be innovative???