Federal Ammo ‘Fusion’ of Performance Pricepoint

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 10/16/2019 | P Massaro

[w1n1]

For deer and midsized-game hunters, Federal line 'among the best projectiles available' for the job. For over a century, ammunition and bullet companies have worked diligently to produce the best hunting projectile possible. Sometimes the technology was the challenge – could you imagine if Jack O’Connor and Elmer Keith had today’s projectiles? – and sometimes it was the cost of bullet production, and thereby the cost to the consumer, which had an effect on success.
Federal – who, through its Premium ammunition line has embraced many different premium bullets – has been spending lots of time tweaking and refining their own bullet lineup.

There are most definitely some fantastic bullets in the Federal stable, like the Trophy Bonded Tip, Trophy Bonded Bear Claw, Edge TLR and Trophy Copper. But for the budget minded, Federal’s Fusion offers a lot of performance for the price. While the Fusion is most definitely designed to be a deer hunting bullet, it is that and more; it is also effective on feral hogs, black bear, antelope and caribou.
It gives an excellent blend of expansion and deep penetration, due to a couple of design features that are very important to the success.

FIRST, AND PROBABLY most important, the copper jacket is electro-chemically bonded to the core, to virtually eliminate jacket/core separation. Perhaps this warrants a bit of explanation, for those unfamiliar with the process, and why it is a game changer.
A traditional cup-and-core bullet consists of a lead core with a copper jacket drawn around it. Most have a bit of lead exposed at the nose – or meplat – in order to let the front expand in the classic mushroom configuration, but if the impact is too violent the jacket and core can and will separate, and the penetration will most definitely suffer. Chemically bonding the two components allows the bullet to expand uniformly and maintain its structural integrity for deep penetration.
The process allows for traditional materials and designs to be used, with just the addition of the bonding process. Read the rest of Federal Fusion bullets.

[HangnJudge]

Marketing for Federal line ammo?

[eastexsteve]

Fusion ammo is pretty good stuff. The bullets have a high ballistics coefficient and are accurate out of my guns.

[gundog]

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