Save your money and get a 110FCP when you have the cash if you are wanting to play with a 338. I would also stick with the 338 Lapua as Privi make brass for it that is at $1.68 a piece which is a buck less than the Lapua brass and it is heavier brass. Privi make the 416 Barrett brass. I am already hitting at 1,200 yards easily with mine. As for scopes you are looking at over a grand to get you out past 1,000 and there are a few lower priced ones that are good. Huskemaw are really good as well as Sightron. I use a Vortex Razor on mine as as it sits it is able to go to 2,000 yards but you are over $2000.00 for this scope. Huskemaw is under the $1500 mark and Sightron are around a grand for a SIII. Ammo is not cheap for this round and it is over a buck a round to reload and the brass life is short. Loaded ammo is near 5-6 bucks a round.


I dont get the attraction to piecing a rifle together as it usually ends up costing more in the long run and you still don't have exactly what you want. It's called patience and saving money.Buy the rifle then the expensive purchase comes as you are not going to get past or close to 1,000 with a cheap scope and be accurate. The 110FCP is a proven performer, has a reasonable cost and comes with a effective muzzle brake. Barrels are not always cheap either. Then finding a gunsmith with a 339 lapua chamber reamer or even a finish reamer is hard to do and the ones that usually can cut this chamber will charge you for it. Then you are also going to have to thread the barrel for a brake and barrel threading is usually $150 or so for someone who knows what they are doing. So by the time you get a rifle, get a bolt, get a barrel, have them all fitted together you still don't have a rifle put together as a 338 lapua and I for one would not want to be around someone piecing together a rifle just to brag about it. The 338 lapua can reach 60,000+ psi and things can happen with that much pressure. if you are not familiar with reloading ammunition and working in this pressure range you may want to pick another calber. Even the 243 will get you to 1,000 and so will many of the 6.5 rounds

I would be looking for a used 110FCP in 338 lapua rather than a gun to convert.