This article was super useful on replacing the plastic crap bottom metal on my 10T (aka 11VT), but FYI when I called savage to place the order for the metal one, it was $78 for the frame assembly and $25 for the trigger guard with bolt release. I didn't even listen to how much the metal mag bottom was after that point... I thought I had found the solution to fix this crap plastic but it's about 5x more than I expected to pay. Guess I'll continue saving for the CDI. Or for a chassis.

http://www.savageshooters.com/conten...Parts-Tutorial

Just thought I'd post in case someone else was in the same boat and I could save them the hassle of calling Savage since their online store is no longer up. Too bad. I really regret not going with a higher end model to begin with.