Using four integers from $1$ to $20$ to approximate $\pi$

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How close can you get to $\pi$ (as close as possible) using these rules?

1) You can only use at most four integers ranging from $1$ to $20$, each only once.

2) You can only use plus, minus, multiply, divide, exponential, and log as binary operators.

3) You can only use integer factorial as a unitary operator.

4) You should work in the real number region.

The best answer that I know currently is $$3 + \frac{16}{5!-7} = \frac{355}{113} = 3.141592920\ldots$$