Federal fusion grouping in .308

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je4bowhuntin

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I bought some federal fusion 165 gr. Some federal gold match 168gr. Some winchester pp 150gr. To try out my new savage .308 fcp-sr. The federal match went under 1/2" 3 shot and the cheap winchester went right at 1/2" both at 100 yds....the fusion went 3.5" 3 shot group at 100.....this gin def does not like it or i got a bad batch.....this gun is a shooter cant wait to start reloading for it when i get some brass built up.
 
150g Win power points are really good bullets to deer hunt with! The lot# that I had was a tad on the tougher side and I got exits on deer! The 150g Win did a great job. Now, go back and buy 5 boxes of the Win if you are not planning on reloading!
 
I've shot Fusion factory 62 gr. .223, 95 gr. .243 and both 150 & 165 gr. .308 Winchester. All have been very accurate and decidedly terminal on the few odd critters I've shot and the deer my son has killed with it. I'm surprised at your results.
 
I was suprised as well. It shot both other factory loads on befor and one after really well. I will say that there is a flat layer of flaky lead on the fusions that is very un symetrical. I can pick it off with my finger nail. They look unfinished almost
 
Those Federal Fusions wouldn't shoot 5" groups out of my 7mm Mag. It likes to shoot the plain old Remington Core Lockt a lot better. And they work on Elk, thats what matters to me.
 
I have an OLD (I bought it used in 1980) Remington 700 in .243. Take a box of Winchester, Remington, Federal Standard, (old Red Box, now silver box) 100gr bullets, mix 'em up in a bucket and you can shoot all 60 rounds, in random order, into the same 1.5 group at 100yds. It likes the Federal best. .75 groups at 100yds.
If I shoot the old Federal Premium 100gr ammo, I would get 3.5-4 patterns. My mod 700 just doesn't like those cartridges. That could be what you are running into with your rifle.
 
je4bowhuntin said:
I bought some federal fusion 165 gr. Some federal gold match 168gr. Some winchester pp 150gr. To try out my new savage .308 fcp-sr. The federal match went under 1/2" 3 shot and the cheap winchester went right at 1/2" both at 100 yds....the fusion went 3.5" 3 shot group at 100.....this gin def does not like it or i got a bad batch.....this gun is a shooter cant wait to start reloading for it when i get some brass built up.
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Totally aggree bud! Fusion sucks!! I have remington 308 sps heavy barrel, this gun shoots!!! Gold medal match king under 1/2 moa, 168 grain berger under 1/2 moa, remington cheap ass core lokts 150 gr less than 1/2 moa.. I tried fedral fusion 150 gr and got freakin 4 inch groups!!! Horrible accuracy out of a led sled!! I shot two groups and trashed them.. both groups around 4 inches,, put the other ammo back in and back to 1/2 or less.. There is no way a bullet should have that kind of grouping and variance,, Total garbage.. Federal needs togomback to drawing board on that one!
 
I've had nothing, but great results with Federal Fusions in every caliber that I've tried them in. Now that they have a tipped version I will be trying some of them too.
 
I have a Pre64 Winchester 70 Featherweight that is honestly hard to find something it doesn’t like 1.5” and under @ 100 yards with most factory loads in 150-180 grains. Federal Fusions were all 3”+ @ 100 yards

Ruger 77 Hawkeye in 308 shoots them slightly better, 2”+ @ 100 yds. Just not as well as just about everything else. Not sure why? Generall have had good accuracy with Federal ammo. Just not the Fusion stuff.
 
hunt0168 said:
I have a Pre64 Winchester 70 Featherweight that is honestly hard to find something it doesn’t like 1.5” and under @ 100 yards with most factory loads in 150-180 grains. Federal Fusions were all 3”+ @ 100 yards

Ruger 77 Hawkeye in 308 shoots them slightly better, 2”+ @ 100 yds. Just not as well as just about everything else. Not sure why? Generall have had good accuracy with Federal ammo. Just not the Fusion stuff.
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No clue. Around here the Fusions are one of the most recommended rounds. The same goes for most of the YouTube channels I follow. It's a very good bullet as well. If I am not mistaken the Fusion and Gold Dot are the same in rifle rounds.
 
DoubleLungRage said:
No clue. Around here the Fusions are one of the most recommended rounds. The same goes for most of the YouTube channels I follow. It's a very good bullet as well. If I am not mistaken the Fusion and Gold Dot are the same in rifle rounds.
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Agree that it’s a great bullet. They just don’t shoot well from my two 308 rifles. Perhaps I got some bum lots that weren’t up to snuff or something? At this point it doesn’t honestly matter to me as I have a case of Norma ammo, several boxes each of Hornady Whitetail, Remington Core-Loct and a couple others that have all performed just fine on whitetails. And they shoot more accurately than the Fusions.

@ Cropdamage’s post “2016 wow how time flies !”…

2016… about all I remember of it was the joy and excitement I had when poor Hillary lost to DJT! 😆
 
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