This rifle is awfully tempting. The design of the mag/insert sounds pretty terrible. Wouldn't stop me from buying one at the price point, but it would be nice to have the option to improve it with aftermarket parts.
I have a T/C Compass I bought on a whim at a crazy deal price. With a little work on my part, it's turned into a very reliable and accurate shooter. However, it has one of the cheap plastic mags with a cheap plastic locking feature built into the mag. I can't see relying on this rifle for anything serious. If that little plastic tab breaks, there goes the rifle.
If there was an option to replace the factory stock with a nicer version that became a blind magazine I feel it would be an upgrade over ultra cheap, plastic parts that create single point failures.
