Ballistic gelatin test results : .308 Winchester Federal 150gr Fusion JSP

[Brass Fetcher]

Cartridge : .308 Winchester Federal 150gr Fusion JSP

Firearm : Savage Arms .308 Winchester 110FP with 24.0" barrel length

Calibration : 8.3cm @ 582 ft/sec and 42.1 degrees Fahrenheit (primary block); 7.3cm @ 556 ft/sec and 40.3 degrees Fahrenheit (stopper block). Conditions at the test site were 32.7 degrees Fahrenheit bulk temperature, diffuse sunlight, 4-5 mile per hour winds and 50% relative humidity.

Single shot fired into a bare gelatin block at 10 feet distance from the muzzle. Bullet impacted the block at 2930 ft/sec, penetrated 18.3" total and was recovered at 0.643" average diameter, 0.315" length and 117.1gr weight.

 

[alsaqr]

"Single shot fired into a bare gelatin block at 10 feet distance from the muzzle."

Yep, it looks impressive at 10 feet.

 

[LeonCarr]

Surprising that it only penetrated 17.5 inches, considering it is a bonded core type bullet designed to penetrate deeper.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[R.W.Dale]

Surprising that it only penetrated 17.5 inches, considering it is a bonded core type bullet designed to penetrate deeper.

At longer ranges where the velocity has a chance to bleed down penetration would be deeper

At an impact speed of almost 3000 FPS I'm rather impressed at how well the bullet held together. Make no mistake about it, these are some TOUGH bullets

 

[Brass Fetcher]

My fault... a typo occured when I first posted the results : deepest penetration was 18.3".

 

[jackdanson]

I've come to the conclusion that I wouldn't want it hitting me. It might make me have a bad day.

 

[Franco2shoot]

capturing a 308

My son and I tried for a long time to capture a 308 with no success. Finally a week or 2 ago we were able to capture a 7.62x54r by firing into a waterlogged, heavily rotted batch of 2x6's. I'm surprised that the Gel wasn't able to retain the bullet shape better.

KKKKFL

 

[Ol` Joe]

Surprising that it only penetrated 17.5 inches, considering it is a bonded core type bullet designed to penetrate deeper.

The faster and wider the bullet expands, the shallower the penitration. You can`t have both. The X bullet, if you notice doesn`t expand as wide as other soft points. The Nosler Partition normally blows off the front half and the petals fold back against the shank reducing frontal area.
Bonded core bullets do dig deeper then similar SPs due to more retained wgt but do not go as deep as a Fail-Safe, X bullet, or other bullet of similar constrution. A better comparision for the Fusion would be to pit them against a Inter-Bond or Accu-Bonds.