A little different spin:
I think it is great that there are rifles that shooters can go out and spend around $1,000 and be competitive in a popular and very trendy discipline. Why do I feel this way? The more people we have taking part in shooting of any safe legal fashion is a plus for us. Lowering the cost of entry allows more people to dip their feet in, once they are in the pool they are more apt to support gun rights.
A more interesting/valid test would be to take the same rifles used in OP's original test and develop the most accurate loads for each and then see how the results compare. The only restriction on the loads might be that the bullet that is used can be different for each gun (most accurate load for each) but should have an appropriate BC for the range the test is shot at.
I think it is great that there are rifles that shooters can go out and spend around $1,000 and be competitive in a popular and very trendy discipline. Why do I feel this way? The more people we have taking part in shooting of any safe legal fashion is a plus for us. Lowering the cost of entry allows more people to dip their feet in, once they are in the pool they are more apt to support gun rights.
A more interesting/valid test would be to take the same rifles used in OP's original test and develop the most accurate loads for each and then see how the results compare. The only restriction on the loads might be that the bullet that is used can be different for each gun (most accurate load for each) but should have an appropriate BC for the range the test is shot at.