My wife also likes detachable magazines because she has enough arthritis in her hands to make top-loading a rifle magazine something of a pain in cold weather--which we get here. She really liked the system the Browning A-Bolt uses--a detachable magazine that snaps INSIDE a hinged floorplate, so it can't fall out during hunting.
Yes, I like that system too (and the rifle it is part of). It also allows easy top loading, for those not afflicted with the combination of arthritis and cold weather (ouch!).
