If I'm not mistaken, That's a CVA Scout? I've wanted one of those for a long while, but it has always been a little lower on the "priority" list compared to certain other firearms when I have some spare change, which seems to be rare these days to begin with. That's a dandy of a buck. Shooter for sure.
To sort of reinforce your point...I think there's a lot more emphasis placed on accuracy for a hunting rifle than should be. That's not to say that I'd want a rifle that won't shoot 1" at 100 yards, but the vast majority of production rifles are plenty capable of shooting well. I think a guy is far better off to spend around $1k for a rifle and use the savings on other gear, or tags. That said, it's nice to be able to get a rifle with as many of the features that YOU want. That's going to be different for everybody, and price is going to reflect that.
I had a 1400$ Weatherby on My Bighorn Sheep hunt last September, and it never left the pickup. Instead, I used Dad's "old" Model 70 7mm Mag with a newer, plain-Jane model Leupold Scope. I think he paid around 500$ for the rifle on Gunbroker 20-25 years ago. Granted, there were some nostalgia reasons for using that rifle, but that "plain" rifle did just fine on my ram. That same rifle has killed an untold number of whitetails back where I grew up in PA.