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Wrong species for this thread I guess, but my one experience with a fusion bullet on game was my daugther's cow elk. She got full penetration on a broadside shot right behind the shoulders. 150 grain out of a .308 at 187 yards.

wifes 7mm-08 liked the 140 grain Fusions so just gotta wait until deer season opens

I have used the 180 gr. in my .30-06 with good results.

Took this deer with that load a couple of years ago.

ive used them several times wiith good success. ive never had a rifle that didn't like them.


4-5 with 150gr in a 270win rem 700
1 with a 140gr in .280rem Abolt
and 1 with a 165gr 300wsm in win model 70

My 308 loves them, might just shoot a deer with em.

I'm shooting Fusions in my hunting rifles (62gr 223MSR, 130gr 270Win, 150gr 308Win) but that's good to know about the Hornady AW. Might have to try those to see how they compare to my Federal Fusions.

Killed all the deer I've shot with them just fine. .270 variety.

Looks like good ammo. I reload my own, so I never mess with factory stuff. I should try some.
Thanks

i've shot about a dozen whitetails with them out of my .243 so far but i have yet to recover one (the bullet). complete pass through on all. exit hole on every one indicated proper expansion as well each time. i don't think there is a better whitetail bullet around for the .243.

Thanks for all the replies

This thread has been responsible for creating another Federal Fusion fan here. I have a REM 700 that had a '06 barrel rebored to .35 Whelen. We deer hunt just above a huge upland swamp and you absolutely MUST prevent a wounded deer from getting down in there. (Don't ask me how I know this).

I have been shooting my own hand loads based on 225 gr NBT bullets and Nosler manual specs. Accuracy OK, just so-so but very adequate for our close-medium range shots. So just mounted a new VX2 3-9x and bot two boxes of the 200 gr Fusions to try. Grouped three an inch high at 100 yards into 1.25", which is as good as my best handloads ever did. Very happy at the range and will report results on deer after the 15th.

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I bought some on short notice for my 35 Whelen I picked up right before late doe season. Shot very well and ran into some jugs to test them out. 20', a very brutal test and a few petals sheared off, but the frontal area was over 1/2" when recovered. Found in 4th jug. I think it's the old speer deep curl boolit.

Impressive. What was muzzle velocity at impact?

Muzzle velocity at impact??

Woops, what was the muzzle velocity.

PSA has had some Fusion on sale lately. I think they have 7mm-08 and 30-06 on sale now. Page 3 and 4 of their daily specials. shipping is pretty reasonable thru them.

Fusion link

I don't always shoot factory ammo, but when I do I shoot Fusion.

A lot of great replies

Shot some 165 grn through my 308 today and I think they shot better than the 150's.

Field Report: 200 gr bullet @2800 in .35 Whelen rifle.

So Opening Morning a big doe and three other does/fawns came by my stand. They were milling around the little meadow I was watching and I waited to see if a shooter buck was following. None was, so when the big doe started to get a little nervous, I took the only shot offered; she was facing me directly at ~50 yds. The 200 gr Fusion took her square in the chest, just where the neck meets the chest. She did a quick half gainer and DRT. The bullet passed through the lower neck, the left side of the lung lobes, through the liver, continued through the rumen and ended up in the intestines somewhere. Did not find the bullet. There was an impressive amount of blood in the thorax and abdomen. I am a Federal fusion fan from now on out in this rifle.