"Savage shooter here too, shhhh don't tell anybody"......I really like my Badger Steel Base's and my Seekins bases. I've got two of the "cheaper" 20moa Nightforce's and while one was perfect, the other had rough left over aluminum edges between the picatinny slots so bad I had to scrape them off with a razor blade so the scope mount cross lug bolt would sit flush. I'm still using it with zero issues but c'mon Nightforce! I will never buy those bases again. Also I've not had good luck with EGW bases either as I had one that was obviously warped kind of twisted you might say....and on the cheap as fuck side, I've had two Weaver bases that have been flawless as well not needing any bedding and fitting every bit as well to the action as bases that cost 10 times as much just be careful as they are sold in both weaver spec slots and picatinny. But me having been down the road of trying to save money on optic mounts, Id say skip the others and go for the top "tier" stuff like Badger, Seekins, and the better Nightforce ones. Locktite blue your pic rails too as I just spent last weekend at the range with a buddy who's gun went from shooting .5"groups to 5" groups. Low and behold his pic rail wasn't locktited from the "nationally acclaimed" custom gun shop that installed it. wtf.