Black Hills 168 SMK - 600 yard F class

[Tempest]

Long story short:

I'm trying to conserve my stash of 175 SMK and Varget for my son the rest of the season. I want to shoot a 600 yard F class this weekend with him. I've got just enough Black Hills 168 SMK box ammo to shoot a match (+sighters). They have been very accurate in my rifle out 400-500 yards. I've just always shot the 175's for longer range.

Wanted to hear feedback on people that might have used them in for 600 yard matches?

[JCalhoun]

They will work for 600y but not much farther. The 168 SMK is unstable around 700y and many ranges won't let you compete at 1000y with them.

[Tempest]

They will work for 600y but not much farther. The 168 SMK is unstable around 700y and many ranges won't let you compete at 1000y with them.

Yes I know about 1,000. We shoot 175 SMK at 1,000. Just wanted to know or hear some possible experience w/ them at 600.

[Tempest]

I would not hesitate to use these again for a 600 yard match. They were more accurate than me. The vertical was very good for box ammo at that distance. The highlight of my day was, the 1st shot. I chrono'd them to see exactly how fast they were the weekend before and got a good 100 yard zero. Plugged all the environmental info in to my app and came up what it said. My first sighter was a 10.

That made my day. :)

[JCalhoun]

Nice!