Yes you can have any barrel made.
Also with 338 fed you can buy American Eagle ammo for less than $20 a box.
338 lapua to me is way overkill for hunting.
Barrel is too long for normal hunting to make the most out of it, too heavy, brass cost is $2.24 per, too much recoil, muzzle break etc.
The 338 edge is a more economical round but you still need a long honkin barrel to get the most out of it.
I think the best long range hunters, and talking like out to 800 yards or so or more than I am willing to shoot at anything but a hog, are the 7mm rifles set up to shoot 180 gr bullets and sort of a tactical hunter, that are still totable. Will shoot way out there and farther than I can without all the 338 Lapua cost weight and recoil. Here is a nice one.
http://www.6mmbr.com/gunweek095.html
The 338-06 is one of the middle bore rounds that has the most whack with moderate recoil.
On a short action a 338-284 wildcat or the 338 RCM magnum is about the same.
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