Thanks for the advice, everything is lining out just like everybody here predicted. GunBroker is been completely unresponsive, but I contacted the seller and he’s being cool. He said that he will find a way for me to ship it back that is the least inconvenience for me and will refund.
He said...
I bought the same kit from Palmetto State for 169, had lots of problems and that 22 ammo is filthy.
I did a video review of it on my YouTube channel if anybody is interested.
AR15 .22 conversion kit - YouTube
I appreciate the responses guys. Also noticing the third GEN versus second GEN configuration. Could it be that some of the third generation design made its way into the late second generation? I know there was some overlap in some cases. I am puzzled and fascinated by the variability in this...