I definitely have a plastic catch, John. Oh well. I do see "new" buttons (or caps) for sale, guessing they are plastic. I even see the springs for sale. I wish they would have made more metal catches!! Years ago I had one of the SCCY pistols. It was great but the darn mag catch was plastic. Fortunately, a custom shop made metal catches and I grabbed one. You are right, what were the guys thinking using a plastic catch to continually catch a small edge of metal under extreme pressure from the mag spring? Dah!