I was going to make the jump to SL just for our county ran fiber directly to our house… hard to beat but I wish I had SL as an option 5 years ago when we had ViaSat.
If you can get them, the Sportsmatch T084s are the easiest/cheapest reliable option for a 30mm tube. If not, I’d mount a mountain tactical rail and run NF/Hawkins/ARC rings.
I don’t have as much time as I’d like to do it, but I really enjoy it. Here is a 12’ conference table I made out of Osage Orange. The base is an old industrial lathe base.