Wouldn't an even less expensive option bet to buy a savage magnum and get a barrel and screw it on?
It's an option but as stated there would be no pre-fit barrel and a smith would still have to put his hands on it. There is no way around it, you are going to spend some cash to get into the caliber.
I would just hunt down a donor rifle in WSM.... remove the barrel, and have a smith install a new tube, upgrade the extractor to M16, bed into a decent fiberglass stock and you will be shooting at least. Worry about the other stuff down the road as you can find it for a good deal. The classified heres often turn up some good stuff.