I have a MKII BV, pre-E receiver, .22LR with a boyds factory wood stock.

I had some scrap steel in my workshop, so I fashioned a 1/8" thick magazine baseplate. It took me a while as I don't have a mill, so I did it the old fashioned way with grinders, sanders, cut off wheels, hand files and a lot of elbow grease. It's not perfect, but IMHO, not bad. I was doing a trial fit before really smoothing all the edges and then preparing to inlet the stock.

When I put it together, I thought to my self,
"Self, why not ignore the rear magazine plate screw (which, after all is simply a wood screw to hold the rear of the plate on), and make the baseplate long enough to be fastened by both the action screws?"

It made sense to me, but I am the first to admit that I don't "know it all." So... I wanted to see if anyone else had done anything similar or had any pros or cons about this idea based upon their superior knowlege or experience. I don't want to go about reinventing the wheel if I don't have to. I have no personal ego wrapped up in this project, so I won't take offense if you explain to me why this is a bad idea.

In the picture below, you can see my current home made baseplate. My plan is to make another one that will extend an additional 3/4 of an inch or so to the left in the picture so that I can fasten it to the stock by the front and rear action screws and simply ignore the (now-redundant) rear magazine baseplate screw (which, in the picture, is currently the left most screw in the baseplate.)

Ultimately, I think I would pillar bed the front and rear action screws against the baseplate, thus removing any wood from the equation. After that, perhaps I'll bed the action with epoxy, but one thing at a time.

What do YOU think?

Edit: I see that Bob Woodie has done this with an aluminum baseplate he made himself: Hey Bob, any photos?
(http://savageshooters.com/SavageForum/index.php/topic,48149.0.html)