I don't want to hijack this informative thread by turning it into a discussion about what is the best air source. Neither do I want anyone to be misled...
A grand? No.
And the air pump......Yes, a triple stage HP air pump ($199-$239) is required....at least. Could I spend a grand? Yes. Is it necessary? Not at all. The cylinders that come with match air rifles are easy to pump.....compared to some of the larger cylinders on sporting air guns. And .177s sip air. A Cylinder full will be good for 170-300 shots. An extra would obviously double that.
Pumping...it just ain't that hard to do.
No doubt there are some fine springers available.....the bottom line, as far as precision shooting is concerned, is that no serious competitor in air rifle or air pistol uses a spring gun. (I am talking about position shooting. Certainly there are other types of match shooting.)
The FWB model 65 is a classic match quality air pistol.....accurate, durable, reliable......I have not seen one at a match in years. Why? Because having to cock the thing 60 times in a match gets in the way of precise shooting and air rifle/pistol matches are games of 10s.
Remember...the OP asked about precision. Not one of the manufacturers of top shelf airguns offers a spring gun in that roll, not Hammerli, Steyr, Morini, Feinwerkbau, Walther, Anschutz.
Pete
Please provide the link to the sub $300 pump....unless you are talking about a bicycle pump. If that is the case not all of us want to channel that inner 12yr old child to fill the gun. Shoebox is about the most inexpensive way to put air into these guns that someone in his 50's (me) with medical issues wants to deal with.
If you want to pass on that you can tote around a scuba tank HEAVY and have it filled, pretty cheap around here less then a $20 for each fill. But it gets old, and when the most close shop is over 30min one way away that gets old real quick.
If you do not want that heavy scuba tank you can always go for a carbon fiber tank (KA CHING) but it might just save you that hernia operation. Getting a CF tank of any size is going to cost you $700 and that is just the tank, lets not forget the hoses and what not to get it all hooked up.
Yes you can do it for under $1000, will you want to...only you can say....if you love really hard to pump bicycle pumps or have a child you can make do it you might be able to get air into the thing for less of a pain in the butt. If not it will get old quick, speaking from personal experience.
Only you can answer the question if you want to be pumping more then shooting....guess it depends on what you are pumping, but a bicycle pump...no thank you.
Go to PA's site look at the options, give them a call, see what it takes to put air in a tank so you have more than 20 shots per fill. Personally I know of no one that really enjoys PCP that uses that idiot manual pump...why it sucks that's why, and after about 5 trips hauling that huge suba tank you are going to be looking at different ways there.
Rest assured if you stay in airgunning and you stay with PCP you will.....WILL have more then $1000 in just getting air into the thing. Even if that is just a large CF tank you take to the dive shop to have filled.