You do realize that 1000+ yards on moa size targets is common now. There are 2 mile competitions now.
One mile off a horse with black powder is just a story. That bullet would be falling almost straight down at that range.
1 Ability to draw a tag
2 Success rate and the reason for the success rate.
3 Buck to doe or bull to cow ratio
4 Ability to achieve my goals on that hunt.
Savage ultralight. I over paid a little but it was the only spot I could find the wsm in stock. My friend purchased one last year and it shoots 200 grain bergers under 1/2" at 2930fps with a good extreme spread.
I'm really liking bartlein barrels right now. But my brux, criterion and shilen shoot great also.
If you reload you can run AI cartridges and get a little more power from the short action case. I've been looking at the 7mm-08 ai and 260 ai.