Thanks guys! I appreciate all the thoughts.

I went down to the Bass Pro Shops near where I work (lucky me) to handle some of them. They have a Ruger M77 for $479, either stainless/synthetic or blued/wood. They also had a Nikon Buckmasters (I think) scope that matched the stainless. For the gun, this was not that much more than the savage, which they also had, but it looked like the Ruger had a much smoother action and solid feel. How does Ruger stack up? I' m leaning to the 7mm Mag with an appropriate bullet.