I commented earlier on the awesome work you did with the talley's, but after reading your post again I'm now even more amazed with the bottom metal you made! It looks flawless. I'm also not a fan of the plastic bottom (thought it does work fine). I ended up picking up an atlasworx bottom metal and am less than satisfied. The oversized mag release pretty much ruins it for me, as I find it is pretty easy to inadvertently dump the mag. If you're inclined to build another one, put me on the list!