Federal Fusion Gets Tipped Off
Federal Ammunition introduced its popular Fusion line of hunting ammo in 2005. The development of Fusion was driven by a desire to create a rifle cartridge that combined the best qualities of traditional hunting bullets with the advantages of modern projectile design. The result was a full line of ammunition featuring bonded bullets specifically engineered for deer hunting, offering excellent weight retention, expansion, and accuracy. The addition of a polymer tip brought a fresh evolution to these time-tested hunting loads.
Product Line Defined
One of the defining features of Federal Fusion ammunition is its exceptional performance at a budget-friendly price point. This combination of affordability and effectiveness has contributed to its widespread adoption among hunters. The fundamental concept behind Federal Fusion ammunition is the use of a specialized bullet with an electrochemically bonded core. The plated bullet design has an extremely concentric layer of copper around the lead core, which makes Fusion one of the more accurate hunting bullets on the market.
Fusion’s specialized bonding process ensures that the bullet’s jacket and core remain secured together, delivering superior weight retention for deeper penetration upon impact. This innovation is a significant upgrade from traditional cup-and-core bullets—projectiles manufactured by mechanically pressing a cupped metal jacket on to a lead core—which tend to experience core separation upon impact. Separation of a bullet’s jacket and core can reduce terminal performance and penetration depth, resulting in less chance of pass-through.
“Following its initial release, Federal Fusion ammunition quickly gained a reputation for its exceptional performance and reliability,” said Eric Miller, Federal’s Centerfire Product Line Manager. “Over the past 18 years, we have expanded Fusion into a large list of calibers and bullet weights, now totaling more than 50 product offerings across three different product families. This has allowed hunters and shooters to experience the benefits of bonded-core technology across a broad spectrum of firearms and game species.”
In addition to its expansions in terms of calibers, bullet weights and intended uses, Federal Fusion ammunition also saw advancements in bullet design and manufacturing processes. Over the years, Federal continued to refine the Fusion bullet, optimizing its ballistic coefficients and terminal performance to ensure consistent accuracy and reliable expansion at various distances and velocities.
Federal pushed the Fusion family forward with the addition of a polymer ballistic tip, elevating performance to new heights. This evolution cemented Fusion, Fusion MSR, and Fusion Tipped as top choices for hunters and shooters who demand nothing less than excellence.
“Following its initial release, Federal Fusion ammunition quickly gained a reputation for its exceptional performance and reliability,” said Eric Miller, Federal’s Centerfire Product Line Manager. “Over the past 18 years, we have expanded Fusion into a large list of calibers and bullet weights, now totaling more than 50 product offerings across three different product families. This has allowed hunters and shooters to experience the benefits of bonded-core technology across a broad spectrum of firearms and game species.”
In addition to its expansions in terms of calibers, bullet weights and intended uses, Federal Fusion ammunition also saw advancements in bullet design and manufacturing processes. Over the years, Federal continued to refine the Fusion bullet, optimizing its ballistic coefficients and terminal performance to ensure consistent accuracy and reliable expansion at various distances and velocities.
Federal pushed the Fusion family forward with the addition of a polymer ballistic tip, elevating performance to new heights. This evolution cemented Fusion, Fusion MSR, and Fusion Tipped as top choices for hunters and shooters who demand nothing less than excellence.
Poly-Tipped Performance
One of the key features of polymer-tipped rifle ammunition is its ability to deliver enhanced ballistic performance. The streamlined design of the polymer tip reduces drag and improves the ballistic coefficient of the bullet, resulting in flatter trajectories, increased accuracy, and retained energy over longer distances. This feature is particularly advantageous for hunters and precision shooters who require consistent accuracy and reliable performance at extended ranges.
“The aerodynamic properties of polymer-tipped rifle ammunition contribute to improved flight characteristics and stability. The sleek profile of the bullet, combined with the polymer tip, reduces air resistance, and minimizes the effects of crosswinds, resulting in more predictable and stable trajectories,” explained Burns. “This feature is especially valuable for long-range shooting, where maintaining stability and accuracy over varying environmental conditions is essential.”
A Legend in the Deer Woods
Federal Fusion Rifle ammunition has a rich history that spans nearly two decades and has left a significant mark in the world of big-game hunting. Fusion’s pressure-formed lead core is electro-chemically bonded to a consistent, uniform copper jacket, resulting in the highest weight retention, deepest penetration, and best expansion in its class.
According to Miller and Burns, the Fusion Tipped design offers the same great terminal performance as the original, but with a polymer tip that reduces wind drift and drop, as well as deliver more energy downrange. Paired with a skived nose cavity, the polymer tip also helps initiate consistent, lethal expansion. All this increases ballistic coefficient, flattens trajectories, and boosts energy for better accuracy and extended effective range.
The quantity of load options for the original Fusion bonded soft-point product line is almost unbelievable with 54 different load offerings. Fusion Tipped offerings include 300 BLK 190-grain, 6.5 PRC 140-grain, 6.5 Creedmoor 140-grain, 270 Win. 150-grain, 7MM Rem. Mag. 175-grain, 7MM PRC 175-grain, 308 Win. 180-grain, 30-06 Sprg. 180-grain, and 300 Win. Mag. 180-grain.
Its 20-count boxes range in price from $44.99 to $81.99 depending on cartridge choice. Learn more at www.federalpremium.com.
Fusion Tipped Terminal Subsonic: Filling a Void
Hunters had long been asking for a subsonic Fusion 300 Blackout—and Federal answered. Development of a terminal subsonic load was already underway when engineers discovered that a tipped design was the key to unlocking peak performance. The arrival of Fusion Tipped provided the perfect solution, delivering the ultimate 300 Blackout hunting round. Offered alongside the rest of the Fusion Tipped family, Fusion Tipped Terminal Subsonic combined a subsonic design with MSR-optimized performance for unmatched results in the field.
