223 REM Federal Fusion 62gr Comparison; M&P 15 Sport II

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Hello
Picked up a box each of the 223 REM 62gr Federal Fusion and the 62gr Fusion MSR today and shot them at 50 yards out of a M&P 15 Sport II;  16" 1-9 twist barrel.  The sight on the rifle is a Lucid HD-7 red dot.



The velocity data was taken with an Oehler 33 chronograph. Screens centered 15' from muzzle.





So Federal says the MSR ammo is loaded with a faster burning powder to shoot better in 'Modern Sporting Rifles'..  and the advertised muzzle velocity of the MSR ammo is 2750 fps.  The sample I pulled down contained 23.6grs of a flattened ball powder.

The Federal Fusion 223 Rem 62gr ammo has an advertised muzzle velocity of 3000 fps. The sample I pulled down contained 24.2grs of a flattened ball powder.
You can check out all the pics and data for the pull-downs here;

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So after shooting five rounds each at a 4" target dot, here is how that went;



Doesn't appear that the Fusion ammo likes the AR's short barrel only delivering 2562 fps..

The Fusion MSR on the other hand did very well out of the AR, and was roughly a hundred feet per second faster than advertised velocity, delivering 2866 fps. And, the MSR ammo is 300 fps faster than the Fusion ammo with 0.6grs LESS powder.

So it is true that, not only does the MSR ammo shoot well out of a short AR, it is also faster than advertised velocity. This will be a great deer round for these small black-tail around here. Federal really has a winner here.