What did you do in its place? I knew that the synthetic stocked gun was going to come with the plastic cage, so I'm not complaining about it being there. I would like to be able to mount a bipod further forward when I'm not shooting this thing off a tripod though. Picking up an aluminum cage and adding a short section of picatinny to the front might be an option, but I have only seen them listed with retailers in Europe at this point. I'm not crazy about the aesthetic of the gage in general and paying the asking price for something that while functional, isn't pleasing to me eye, keeps me from being excited about this idea. I'm currently eyeing the ST0032 (https://sabertacticalinc.com/collec.../universal-picatinny-to-picatinny-rail-st0032) as a potential solution. Both of my bipods are picatinny and the 2" section of Arca Swiss will work with the dual picatinny/Arca clamps on my tripods. this with a neoprene sleeve for the air cylinder (sadly seemingly only available from an overseas seller) might be just the ticket. Anyone try this?