Bottom metal or blind mag?

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ptpalpha

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When I replace the stock on my hunting rifle, I'll need to decide whether to go with the same bottom metal or convert to a blind magazine. To me the choice seems obvious: blind mag to save weight and make the gun more idiot proof (KISS principle). After all, when do you need more than 3 shots for whitetail? Am I thinking correctly on this or am I missing something?
 
When I built the Navy Seals sniper rifles they wanted blind mags due to the sand and water. The M86 was blind for a while but it wasn't long before the teams started dropping in to have them changed over to bottom metal. They found that in a combat situation that it was faster to dump the mag and reload as apposed to clearing a jam on the blind mag.
 
Ahhhhhh. That's what I was looking for: the situation I hadn't thought of. Thanks again, Gale. You changed my mind. (Besides, few things make me smile more than custom bottom metal!)
 
Another thing to consider is jams. They can be a real pain to clear with a blind mag...with a bottom plate, you just dump the offending rounds and start over.
 
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