How much bolt gun shooting have you done? Neither a 338 nor a 50 are "first long range rifles" If you haven't learned recoil management, and the other fundamentals of LR shooting, you'll waste more than the cost of another rifle trying to learn on one of the big boys in ammo alone. Also on the Savage 110's in 338 Lapua, they are NOT a fun rifle to shoot for long strings of fire (ie learning LR shooting).