Most of the new ones I've seen don't share the same issues as the older Montana's. In fact, the mag boxes on the first few I checked had been ground down at the factory. There was no finish on the bottom of the protrusions. The metal was shiny silver and you could see they'd been ground a bit.

I still think the binding mag box was the biggest issue with these rifles.

I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!