Savage 110 Date of Manufacture

[J.Baker]

This photo of the right side of the magazine box clearly shows the release button hardware for the Detachable Box setup. You can also see that the housing attached to the action and the actual magazine box appear to be two separate pieces. If you push in on that metal band on this side at the bend, does the inner housing fall out like it looks like it would?

This photo of the left side of the magazine box clearly shows the detachable magazine release spring wire in place on the housing attached to the action.

It's almost like someone just cut the solid bottom off a detachable magazine to make it into a blind magazine box rather than just replacing the whole assembly with a standard blind magazine box.