Thanks for the vote of confidence cordite. I was hoping the thought of the steel butt plate would be a nice touch. The horn replacement is coming from New England Custom Guns. They offer a grip cap piece of various sizes or a large chunk to be used for a variety of things. The magazine length on this rifle looks to offer plenty of room. The rifle came with a box of 180 grain and when loaded the magazine still offers over a quarter inch. I am not sure of what length once chambered, but will find that out pretty soon.