My preference for either hinged floorplate or D M is there is NO access to the mag well W/O removing barrelled action from the stock.
That's not often a problem but when it is.... it is.
Jerry
I hear what you're saying Jerry.
Call me an idiot, but I jammed a Kimber Montana while doing a timed "practice drill" where I had to top the mag to capacity, improvise a firing location on a downslope, and hit a target at 500 yards. It was cold, with deep snow. My excuse was cold/numb fingers, but it was really simple operator error under the "stress" of beating the clock.
I didn't seat the top round properly. The rifle was jammed solid with the claw not letting go, nor allowing the cartridge to feed. Game over. Had to get the allen key out of my pack.
A pushfeed with blind mag isn't a problem. Neither is a CRF with a blind mag, as long you don't do something stupid like I did. A hinged floorplate or DBM certainly makes things even easier.
Jason
