New Fusion 10mm Auto Hunting Load from Federal Ammunition

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by Eric B

If you’re hunting medium game, Federal Ammunition has a new Fusion Soft Point 10mm Auto for your handgun. From a 6″ barrel, the 200 gr bullet of the new Fusion 10mm ammo reaches a muzzle velocity of 1,200 fps. As we talked about in an article titled “ An Open Letter: Ammo Manufacturers, Please List Your Test Barrel Lengths“, it’s great to know the barrel length any particular load was tested in. Below you can see what the new Fusion 10mm Auto looks like, and further down what it looks like expanded.

The press release in full can be found below:

ANOKA, Minnesota – October, 2020 – Federal ammunition introduces a new load to its popular handgun hunting ammunition lineup. The new Fusion 10mm Auto load uses a 200-grain bullet and 1200 fps muzzle velocity take full advantage of the 10mm Auto cartridge, with more energy and better terminal performance on impact. Shipments of this product have begun to arrive at dealers.

“Our Fusion 10mm Auto load delivers the toughness, accuracy, reliability and terminal performance that handgun hunters are looking for,” said Federal Centerfire Handgun Product Manager Chris Laack. “Built with the same molecularly-bonded hunting bullet used in Fusion rifle ammo, it produces ideal upsets and deep penetration when striking game. We know this new load is everything any hunter could hope for in a 10mm Auto hunting cartridge.”

Features & Benefits

New 10mm Auto load

1,200 fps muzzle velocity

Copper jacket is electro-chemically to the core

Perfectly uniform jacket

Skived, pre-programmed nose provides consistent expansion

Maximum weight retention for deep penetration

Find Federal Fusion 10mm Auto Ammo

The part number for the 10mm Auto Fusion, 200-grain, 1,200 fps is F10FS1. The price (MSRP) for a pack of 20 rounds is $32.99.

You can find a direct link to the product here, including ballistic and energy charts. For more information on all products from Federal or to shop online, visit www.federalpremium.com.



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Eric B
Eric B

Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.

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  • Paul Hacker Paul Hacker on Oct 14, 2020

    Now I tend to use a .357 snub (Ruger Security Six) while hiking but lately I've come to appreciate my new Glock 29sf 10mm. Yes that is not hunting but hiking (but then I feel unless you just love limiting yourself to short ranges while hunting you need a light rifle.)

    Still I hear that new 10mm load shoots through an awful lot. Might try it. But one fly in the ointment. You need to shoot at least 20-50 rounds to make sure a) where it shoots under field conditions and b) it's reliable in the gun. At OVER a buck fifty a round... that might get expensive.. especially if it does not shoot well or jams or whatever in your gun.

    • Matt Matt on Oct 15, 2020

      @Paul Hacker I mean, 20-50 rounds should really be read as 50 as a minimum, and that's honestly a pretty low minimum. At least if you are betting your life on it. If it was just hunting, sure 20 rounds is plenty.

      Everyone's varies, but my minimum is 100. I've had ammo that caused issues that I didn't see until I was up around round 30-60 before. That is very expensive.

  • Suppressed Suppressed on Oct 14, 2020

    Any reason why this wouldn’t be a good defensive load?

    • Ted Unlis Ted Unlis on Oct 16, 2020

      @Suppressed Over penetration is one that comes to mind. Bear defense? Maybe.

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