Barrel cutting?

[Tongo1]

Hello, brand new owner of an R1 in .338 WM.  Would like a shorter barrel.  Is it possible to cut the barrel without experiencing reliability issues? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Planetcat]

I had a gunsmith cut the barrel down on my .300 Wm R1 from 24" to 20", threaded, and added a muzzle brake with no adverse accuracy issues, just loss of exit velocity. I use it for deep woods bear hunting. It was a blued crio barrel and came out pretty good. I would def have a gunsmith professionally cut and crown the barrel though. A properly machined crown is important for accuracy.