I've been a Savage fan for a long time. I lost my beloved single shot 12FV .204 Ruger in a house fire in 2009. Shortly thereafter I bought a friends 12FV in .22-250 and placed it in a Savage laminated low profile stock. I subsequently lost interest in groundhog hunting. Now I find this rig just to darn heavy and in a caliber I don't use.

I'm thinning the herd of deer rifles and now I want a lightweight accurate hunting rifle for climbing around the woods in southwest Virginia. With retirement in sight I'm also looking at some hog hunting in SC/TX and antelope/mule deer hunting in WY. Something like a Tikka T3x Lite in .260 Remington or 7mm-08.

I'm looking for recommendations on barrel countours and stock selection.

The donor action I'd be using is a pre-Accutrigger 12, blind magazine, SSS Competition Trigger.

Thanks in advance!