I'll never buy another gun with a plastic bottom metal and plastic bottom bolt release. I wrote it off as not being all that important on a bolt gun when I first bought it and now I'm looking at $150 worth of parts from Savage for a metal replacement or $210 CDI bottom metal upgrade plus the cost of mags for it because I really don't get along well with that plastic crap. The action screws squeeze the plastic which I think would baffle any reputable riflesmith. The way the soft plastic tab on the magazine clips into place belongs on a toy, not on a centerfire rifle. Just my 2 cents - stay away from the plastic DBM / Bottom metal.