I always stay the hell away from removable magazines for hunting guns. For the range, they are fine, but I've lost 2 mags over the years while hunting, and to end up hunting with an awkward now single-shot sucks. My good hunting buddy just told me yesterday that he missed a moose of a lifetime (this from a guy who has at least 50 moose kills, and not a single female moose shot, all bulls) when his new-to-him rem 700 with det.mag went "click" instead of "bang". The magazine was about 1mm too low (didn't get snapped in place well enough) and his bolt missed the top cartridge and fed nothing into the chamber. He tossed the rifle into the lake. Seriously. He swore that was the last mag fed rifle he is ever going to use for hunting. Just too many things can happen with something that can fall out, not be locked in place well enough, or be forgotten at home. Drop plates or bling mags ARE THE ONLY SURE WAY TO GO FOR ME (and Chad!!). I have a Howa in .300winmag with the floor plate, and never considered the "downgrade" to a plastic mag.
