Thread: Beware Fusion 270win with Browning A-Bolts

The case has 8 thou expansion on the neck and 17 thou at the shoulder. The winchester brass that i normally use has 3 on the neck and 7 on the shoulder.

I couldnt draw the bolt back after firing to eject the brass, and apparently its because the action has much less play than a standard sporting rifle.

Originally Posted by joluk44

The case has 8 thou expansion on the neck and 17 thou at the shoulder.

I couldnt draw the bolt back after firing to eject the brass, and apparently its because the action has much less play than a standard sporting rifle.

Did you close the bolt quietly before firing??

The action play would have 5/8ths of fuck all to do with it. It's the chamber in question so either the Fusion is way undersized or your chamber is on the large size. The pill and throat cannot change dimension so the difference neck growth would only be thinner brass?

Federal brass is known for being soft

probably because its a Browning action ,sweet bugger all tolerance in them .Better quality brass may be the go .

Is this a new rifle, have you tried any other ammo?

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Sorry its taken me a while to reply, yes i closed the bolt quietly i was 10m away and it hadnt seen me.

Ive also tried highland, winchester (which i have stuck with), remington, a mates home reloads, and sellier and bellot. None of the others (except for a few of the reloads) had any issues

The gun has fired about 250 rounds so far

I had a similar problem once (it's always when you need that urgent follow up shot on a running animal) with my Tikka 595 .308 using Federal Powershock factory 180gn. A shame because I find the Federal consistently accurate, but that incident cost me a deer

fusion is federals latest and greatest designed for deer. i also had problems with federals 303 and 22 ammo in the past, so wont be touching the stuff again