Howdy folks. Been hunting whitetails almost 30 years and looking in to my first bolt action. Started with shotguns for years because that's all that was allowed. Then went to a lever action 30-30 which I still use and love today. Anyways, looking for something with a little more reach and not to punishing. Read quite a bit about Savage and seems to be a good way to go. Been looking at a 11 fcns in 7mm-08. Have a Leupold VX1 3-9 with Burris signature zee {med.} rings sitting on a shelf collecting dust. Seems like a good deer rifle setup. Only thing I'm not sure of is the base. And a good place to by a spare mag. Any advice you folks could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks