Then I would say that it did exactly what it was supposed to do... It gave you Dead-Right-There performance without destroying a lot of useable meat. What more do you want?

The reason that your friend's .270 with conventional soft points did so much more damage is because a soft point, like the Winchester Power Point, is a non-bonded bullet designed for rapid expansion, and conventional SP's also tend to shed a lot of weight creating fragments that do a lot more widespread, and often undesired and unnecessary, damage. The Fusion bullet is a bonded core bullet that expands well but tends to stay together and retain weight. This allows the bullet to still create a deadly wound channel while greatly improving penetration. The reason the exit wasn't huge is because while the bullet had expanded it had also transferred most of its energy before exiting, and if it didn't hit bone on the way out, the very durable and flexible hide is able to resist the hydrostatic shock effects that turn organs into pudding.

The Fusion ammo was going to be my first choice this year with my .30-06, but I wasn't seeing the level of accuracy with them that I wanted, so I went with Remington Cor-Lokt 150 grain bullets. My results were similar to your friends, bang-flop with a lot of damage to meat because the bullet obviously blew apart after hitting 3 ribs going in. No exit, but I found no substancial part of the bullet, suggesting that there wasn't much left, but the chest cavity was filled with tiny lead and copper fragments. Next year I'm going with a more durably constructed bullet that won't produce so many fragments so I don't have to worry so much about missing one when I butcher the deer. I think I'm going to see how the Barnes TSX's shoot through my rifle. My kids LOVE venison, but I don't want them biting down or ingesting a missed chunk of lead.

Mike