Thread: federal fusion.

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.