Firearm bottom metal

A firearm, comprising:

• a stock, a receiver, a bottom metal, a barrel, and a trigger, wherein the stock is held against the receiver by the bottom metal, the barrel extends forwardly from the receiver, and the trigger extends downwardly through a portion of the bottom metal;
• wherein the bottom metal has a bottom metal body having a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a rearward end, and a forward end;
• wherein when the bottom metal body is positioned within the firearm, the top side faces a receiver of the firearm and the rearward end is positioned further from a muzzle end of the barrel of the firearm than the forward end;
• wherein a rearward portion of the bottom metal body is positioned closer to the rearward end than a forward portion of the bottom metal body, and wherein the rearward portion defines an opening configured to allow access for a trigger of the firearm to project therefrom;
• wherein the forward portion of the bottom metal body has a first upwardly-extending sidewall and second upwardly-extending sidewall on the top side, said first and second upwardly-extending sidewalls extending along a length of the bottom metal body between the forward and rearward ends and defining an area therebetween for the receipt of cartridges;
• and
• wherein the first upwardly-extending sidewall extends into a bottom opening defined by the receiver.