I bought an Optima a few years back. While I haven't killed a deer with it yet, I'm confident with it out to about 150 yards. My preferred load is 80 grains of Blackhorn 209 pushing a 200 grain Barnes XPB (substituting a 200 grain Berry's plated HP for cheaper practice) in a Harvester Crush Rib sabot. This load produces about 1,550 fps velocity and sub-2" groups at 100 yards.
Got one of the Optima pistols and while it's a great shooter, I can't bring myself to hunt with a stainless/synthetic modern monstrosity.
Hard for me to complain when it gives me the ability to handgun hunt an extra two weeks before the regular season. Definitely a function over form factor.
