CMMG, Spikes and a couple others all use the same design that Jonathan Ciener came up with.
Max Atchisson invented the AR-15 .22 adapter (and the lightning link and a bunch of other firearms-related stuff). Ciener just licensed the patent and made lots of $$$ on it.
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