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    Posted: July/25/2007 at 09:21

anyone tried the new fusion ammo by federal, been lookin for a new bullet for the '06  they seem to have nice ballistics from what they say on the web site. 

 i used to shoot the winchester failsafe w/moly coating, very accurate and dropped a handfull of deer nice mushrooming and weight retention from what i saw on bullets recovered but discontined due to the possibily of etching, 

 

 the all copper triple shock is nice also it shoot very well and accurate, shot 3 boxes, but it seems it does not mushroom much when it gets out there down range, my buddy shot a deer last yr and recovered the bullet about 300yrds shot i believe he said, the petals did peel back but not much.  the pics showed a hole thru and thru w/good blood trail, deer went about 50yrds after shot

 

  looking for good expansion and wieght retention.  i do not want a drill bit for a bullet down range.  have used the bear claw in the past with good results on paper and in the field.  any thoughts, will be shooting the fusion in wet paper hopefully next week, will report...be safe

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote RifleDude Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July/25/2007 at 13:22
I've tried the Fusion ammo.  Haven't shot many animals with it, but I never could get it to shoot very well in my rifles.  Doesn't mean it won't shoot in yours, though.  As for good deer bullets, I've had consistently excellent results and great accuracy with the Nosler Accubond bullets in my 7WSM, .300 Win Mag, 7mm-08 and .25-06 -- on deer and hogs.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pyro6999 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July/25/2007 at 15:27
i havent shot any animals with them either just paper out of my .280rem 2 boxes worth bought them for the brass, they shot ok the i have heard some reports from family members on the wifes side that said they work pretty good on whitetail deer out of the 30-06 and .270win. i handload so its not an issue either way. the cost of them is nice.
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thanks for the replies, i will give it a shot and let yall know.....to pyro- yea the cost, running around $30-35 for winchester  .243 95gr BT silvertips and $35-45 for '06 165gr failsafes, you buy 3 -4 boxes and wham leaving a few hundred lighter from bass pro....
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i reload cause i shoot a couple of magnums so yeah i feel your pain the damn metals market is killing us
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