[45Auto]

1000 meters; the minimum is a 24-26 inch barreled .308. Even that will probably not be good at much further than 600 yards. I just built a .300 Win Mag for 1000 yard benchrest; that required about 2 years and something near $2000, less optics. I don't see any off-the-shelf $800 rifle, especially sporter weights, being more accurate than 1.5 minute of angle out to 300 yards. Optics with a power range of at least 20 will be required; probably the best scope for the money would be the Weaver V24 (6 x 24)at around $300. 1000 meters is a long distance.

[cavtrooper21]

Hey, my 25-06 mauser sported a Tasco and was quite capable of delivering 1 moa at 700 meters (on a good day, depends on how much coffee I'd been drinking) Whole rifle ran me @ 1200 bucks, with new stock. Of course, this wasn't "off the shelf" and did take about a year to put together. Worth the wait.