Demand is really going up, too much money to be made.
Without ammo rifle is useless. There is no ammo.
they are far, far from being the best AR these days, especially to us builders.... that said, glad to see them back in the market!
To my knowledge the AR in the article is in 9mm the magazine is the giveaway.
A .22lr AR platform will have a magazine that looks like a standard AR 15 mag but modified to accept .22LR ammo