One other thing if 2 MOA at 1000 is your goal. . . . .if you're going to shoot your rifle at long range holding it against your shoulder in the prone position, you'll need a more accurate rifle and ammo than if you plan on shooting it as it rests atop something on a bench. If you'll be shooting from a bench, you'll need a rifle and ammo you can shoot no worse than 1/2 MOA at 100 yards to shoot 2 MOA at 1000; groups don't open up down range in a linear fashion; never have, never will.
Few, darned few people shoot no worse than 2 MOA at 1000 yards from prone. Maybe 10 or 12 out of several hundred did at this year's Nationals. And most of 'em had a coach watching the wind and telling them how much to correct for it. Their rifles and ammo will shoot no worse than about 5/8ths MOA at 1000 yards; same as the best long range benchrest rifles.
Kraig's dealt some good info on the table, but I disagree with his comment:
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When you can constantly out shoot your rifle or you can constantly shoot 2 MOA at distance with what you have, then worry about getting a fancy rifle.
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Nobody can outshoot their rifle. This is another myth among others in the shooting sports. A rifle and its ammo may shoot 5 inches at 1000 yards when clamped in a return-to-battery machine rest; it is held 100% repeatable from shot to shot. A human shooting that rifle slung up in prone who can shoot no worse than 10 inches will win every match he shoots and set all the records. I know lots of top classified long range competitors whose rifle and ammo shoot that well, but they throw a party if they can keep all their shots inside 20 inches at 1000 yards. Been there; done that!!!!! Us humans holding rifles ain't repeatable in doing so.