Thread: federal fusion.

finding small hole in/small out little or no blood.unless you hit solid bone of coarse.think maybe too solidly built .its certainly accurate enough..any thought's.cheers digger.

What weight and chambering and ranges of impact?

It is designed to hold together.

0-250 .7mm08

120 or 140gr?

If 140 you could try dropping to 120gr to up the speed and expansion tho both are going fairly slow for bonded bullets and our relatively small "big game"

using 140.will try 120 cheer's.

I would also suggest trying the Hornady 139 SST .
See a couple of recent discussions
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....houghts-57423/

The this one the Nosler 120gr going though without a lot of damage.
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....g-larry-48162/
Z

I used them for a wee while before I picked up dies for the 270. I used 130gr for the 270, and shot maybe 3 or 4 reds at bush stalking ranges. All killed quickly, with plenty of internal damage and an exit hole, perfect! But small sample size. They were accurate and not bad value for money, if I still had the 270 (and wasn't a hand loader) I'd continue to use them.

They are quite a tough bullet, so for NZ species I reckon use them on the lighter end, as above 120gr for your 7mm08 if they come in that.

I had exactly the same problem with Highland 303 150gr projectiles. My mate had similar issues with their 7mm08 140gr too

+1 for the 139 sst i really good on smaller deer in my experience.
I am trying the nosler 120bt at the moment getting good velocity and accuracy , havnt hunted them yet, they better gut and quarter the deer for the price of them haha

Brian and Tahr are using the 150's in their 270 wsm and absolutely swear by them.

Originally Posted by nor-west

Brian and Tahr are using the 150's in their 270 wsm and absolutely swear by them.

Yes the Fusion work pretty good out of the fast movers like the 270wsm. I have also loaded them in my 300saum (150 grn) at 3150 and they blasted deer down. Also very easy to get to shoot well. And cheap for a bonded type bullet.

If you want gaping holes try the Fed blue box. Its a lot softer.
If you hand load try the SST or Nosler BT. They are both quite brutal.

Ive used about every bullet going on quite a few deer and can't recall what I would say was a failure.
Sometimes though my shit shooting has made a fool out of some very good bullets.

If you reload buy the 145gr speer hotcor. Same projectiles as the federal blue box tahr alluded too. I ran them and was super impressed with their terminal performance and accuracy

Biggest issue is people like projectiles that sack deer (who doesn't?), but often these ones are doing that because they open up more quickly. The actual real need for normal hunting ranges is one that will exit on bone or angled shots while opening up as much as possible/ inflicting maximum internal damage before doing so. Bullets that will work in every situation on tahr and big red stags will often be on the tough side for smaller deer and especially as the ranges get longer (bullets slower). I have always opted for a slightly tougher bullet and then aimed to break bone on smaller deer. I would prefer the odd deer that stumbles round a bit before going down, to the odd deer that dashes a long way because the bullet didn't go far enough in and I cant find much of a blood trail from the entry wound (no exit). The Federal blue packet, Speer hot Cor, Hornady Interlokt are all on the slightly tougher side without being silly tough like accubonds and Fusions. SSTs are good when you are using a standard bullet weight on mostly smaller type deer. I have shot plenty big reds with SSTs and they went down pretty well there too. With Barnes which are tough bullets, we always went down on what would be considered a standard weight for that calibre (eg used 130gn in 308 or 80gn in 243) and they worked well. As others have suggested if you really want to use fusion, that might be a good option for you too.

I've been using factory fusion ammo in my t3x 7 rem mag 150gr and very happy with them ,group well ,shot deer from 40 to 400 yds and projectile has performed well, has a respectable bc of .537 I think it is and a lot cheaper than some of the premium ammo so all good.
I was keen on trying the new Sako ammo in my rifle till I seen the price $90 for a 10 round pack!!! Yeah nah!! I'll stick to the Fusions

The Sako gamehead pro is $50 for 10 rounds now, a bargain