FED FUSION TIP 7MM PRC 175GR 20/200

Description

Federal’s Fusion line earned its reputation in the deer woods by solving a straightforward problem: lead cores that separate from their jackets on impact shed energy unpredictably and can fail to reach vitals on quartering shots. Fusion addresses this by electro-chemically bonding the copper jacket directly to the lead core during manufacture, creating a single unified structure rather than two components pressed together. The result is a bullet that holds together under the stresses of expansion, retains most of its weight through tissue and bone, and drives consistently deep rather than shedding fragments near the surface.

Fusion Tipped takes that same bonded construction and adds a polymer tip. The tip does two things mechanically: it improves the bullet’s ballistic coefficient, which reduces how much wind and gravity affect the projectile in flight, and it initiates expansion more consistently at the moment of impact by driving rearward into a skived nose cavity. That combination matters most at longer distances, where a conventional soft-point can arrive with enough velocity loss that expansion becomes unreliable. The 175-grain weight at a muzzle velocity of 2,925 fps, combined with a ballistic coefficient of .575, gives the 7mm PRC enough retained energy and stability to extend practical hunting range beyond what the cartridge’s shorter predecessors could manage.

This is big-game ammunition — designed for deer, elk, and similar animals where terminal performance on a single well-placed shot is the standard. The 20-round box makes it practical for load development and zeroing without committing to a full case, and the construction tolerances are consistent enough that it performs as a serious hunting load rather than a range plinking option.