Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Fiocchi Introduces Affordable, Hard-Hitting Copper Rifle Line with Backwoods Hunter

CSG Member, Fiocchi of America, a global leader in defensive, target, and hunting ammunition, proudly announces the release of Backwoods Hunter™, a new line of centerfire rifle ammunition engineered to deliver uncompromising performance, affordability, and ethical lethality in the field. Featuring a precision-engineered copper hollow point (CHP) projectile, Backwoods Hunter is built for hunters who demand devastating terminal ballistics without sacrificing reliability or value.

"Backwoods Hunter represents a fusion of effectiveness, efficiency, and affordability," said Chris Tinkle, VP of Sales at Fiocchi of America. "This line is purpose-built for those who expect clean, consistent performance from their ammunition—whether they're hunting whitetail in the Midwest, black bear in the Rockies, or hogs in the South."

Backwoods Hunter™ loads incorporate a monolithic all-copper hollow point designed to expand aggressively on impact while retaining weight and driving deep. This ensures superior pass-through penetration and massive energy transfer—resulting in clean, ethical kills on a wide range of game, including deer, hogs, black bear, and coyotes.

Key Features:

  • All-Copper Bullet Construction – Delivers deep penetration and controlled expansion for maximum energy transfer and consistent terminal performance.
  • Flat-Shooting Accuracy – Engineered for precision at distance, making it equally effective from 40 yards to 300+.
  • Clean-Burning Propellants – Reduces barrel fouling and enhances shot-to-shot consistency, requiring less maintenance between hunts.
  • Versatile Game-Stopping Power – Designed to take on everything from whitetail to big-bodied black bears with confidence.
  • Affordable Premium Performance – Brings high-end projectile technology to an accessible price point for today’s value-conscious hunter.

Backwoods Hunter is available in the following popular hunting calibers: .243 Win, .270 Win, 6.5 Creedmoor, 7mm-08, 7mm Rem Mag, .308 Win, .30-06 Springfield, and .300 Win Mag. All loads come packaged in 20-round boxes with 10 boxes per case.

For full specifications, visit https://fiocchiusa.com/centerfire-rifle/backwoods-hunter/

About Fiocchi:

Since 1983, Fiocchi of America has been based in Ozark, Missouri. As a stand-alone, US-based arm of the greater Fiocchi global brands, Fiocchi of America and Baschieri & Pellagri USA continue to integrate and launch new products directed towards the US market. Today, Fiocchi furthers its expansion of products in the hunting, conceal carry, self-defense, and law enforcement market channels. Fiocchi offers a full portfolio of target and hunting shotshells, centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition, match and standard grade rimfire .22LR, specialty and classic cartridges, reloading components, and blanks.

About CSG

The global industrial-technology group CSG is owned by Czech entrepreneur Michal Strnad. It supplies technologies to the entire world that help ensure a safer and more stable future. It focuses on the development and production of strategically important products, systems and technologies in defense, aerospace, automotive and other areas. With key manufacturing plants in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, India, Great Britain and the USA, CSG exports its products worldwide. The Group continuously invests in the development of its companies and at the same time, expands in its core businesses. Among its key companies are the Czech car manufacturer Tatra Trucks, the Slovak producer of artillery ammunition MSM Group, the US manufacturer of small caliber ammunition The Kinetic Group and the Czech radar manufacturer Eldis. CSG employes over 14,000 employees across its integrated and affiliated companies. In 2023, the Group's consolidated revenues reached EUR 1.73 billion.