Yep cheap gun + good glass = better results any day than custom sniper rifle + $50 wally world scope.
Heck most rifles shoot less than a min. @ 100 anyway out of the box no matter the brand and I know lot's of good guys with high dollar rigs that can't shoot that with out a locking rest anyway. THERE IS WAY MORE TO SHOOTING @ 1000 THAN CALIBER. Man it's tough, I'm confident on live targets of large size out to about 650-800 with a real good rig, using some stout 7mm or .30 caliber and that's max for me. I shoot a 16x for 500 yards my eyes are so bad anymore, I'd need a 24x or 36x for small groups at longer range than that.
I shot group out of a Savage model 10 precision carbine .223 @ 300 yards that a dime cover with ease, set up on a 400 yard target, there was wind @ that one as it set past a tree line. Groups went to as large as 4" with only a hundred yard difference, that's real world shooting
