Next purchase $1000 in 7mm rem mag

I think you are going to need a bit of luck to buy a $1,000 rifle that anyone can guarantee it will shoot accurately enough for deer at 800 meters. Many will, but many won't. Hard to guarantee that in any $1,000 model. Personally I like my Sako A7, but yours might shoot better or worse than mine.
 
Many people are very happy with Savage rifles. I bought a 300WM Savage and it didn't shoot worth a damn. I bought so much factory ammo of different brands and weights, handloaded, changed stocks, trigger, scopes, mounts, etc. It was a lemon. Guntech changed my barrel, and then it shot right. So when you buy consumer grade rifles, you might get a good one, you might not. I bought a Tikka T3 for around $800 and it shot excellently. Well under 1" at 100 yards, often the first two shots through the same hole. Will they all do that? Nothing I'd count on.
 
There are a few details you could fill in for us, do you have experience shooting beyond 500 meters? Do you intend to handload or shoot factory? Optics? Do you have access to areas to practice to 800 meters regularly?
As others have said factory rifles can be a hit and miss with regards to achieving the required level of accuracy to give me confidence taking extended range shots at game.
 
If you make a mistake in range estimating by a few yards at those distances, your shot placement on a deer will be poor, figuring out trajectory is one thing but reading the wind is an entirely different game.
 
Get a used savage or stevens off the EE then get a quality match grade barrel installed. Bed the action and recoil lug in the factory stock and upgrade the trigger if required. Now handload quality ammo and tune the perfect load. Thats the $1000 route to $3000 type accuracy.
 
hoytcanon said:
Good thing you are in NB and not SK...
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Very subtle hoytcanon...

For me, I'm not sure I would be comfortable shooting at game 800m away... Is there any reason you would not get closer before shooting? Are you sitting on a power line in NB or what? Where do you practise out to 800m in NB, Springfield? IIRC back in the day, they had 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 & 1000m but no 700, 800, 900... Curious...
 
IMO in this case, the rifle is likely secondary, it will come down to your skill set and refinements and confidence as a reloader.

What components are you planning on using to optimize your potential? That may be where the weak link is in this formula.

MOA accuracy at 100 is not MOA accuracy at 300 and 300 MOA accuracy is not MOA accuracy at 800.
 
Rem 700 Long Range is around $1000, I use one for 1000m target shooting.
I would not want to lug it around though.
Vanguard Acuguard would be another $1000ish option.
700
https://www.wolverinesupplies.com/ProductDetail/REM84163_Model-700-Long-Range-7mm-Rem-Mag--M40-Tactica-Stock-26--Barrel
 
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