FUSION 3030WIN 170GR FN 20/200

Description

Federal’s Fusion line was built from the start around deer hunting, and this 30-30 Winchester load reflects that purpose at every stage of construction. The bullet’s copper jacket is electrochemically bonded to the lead core rather than mechanically formed around it, which means the two materials become a single unified structure. That bond resists jacket separation through the stresses of impact and expansion, so the bullet keeps its mass as it penetrates rather than shedding copper and leaving a lighter, slower core to do the terminal work.

The nose is skived — cut with shallow slits — before leaving the factory, which pre-programs where and how the petals will fold back on contact. Consistent expansion geometry from shot to shot matters more than peak expansion on any single round, and the skiving process is what makes that consistency achievable. The flat-nose profile is a deliberate design choice for tubular-magazine rifles: a pointed or exposed-lead tip seated against a live primer in the tube would be unsafe under recoil, and the flat nose eliminates that concern entirely without compromising terminal performance at the ranges where a 30-30 is typically used.

At the muzzle the load produces 1,827 foot-pounds of energy, with 2,200 feet per second of velocity driving the 170-grain bullet. Brass cases are boxer-primed, which means they can be resized and reloaded if that matters to you. Rounds come 20 to a box.