You're right, we can't afford to be fractured.

KRal, I think I got it!

I am no expert on bullets but know what I like and there is not much I can add upon though I do recomend this thread
http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4711043/m/2861098911

Its alot of info 260 + and mostly rifles but gives you a very good grasp of terminal performance on many levels.

like I was saying before there are alot of variables and therefore different opinions on velocities and bullet types. All you can do is absorb the info you get from us and different articles and then make up your own mind. Here is another article from Hawk Custom Bullets specifically on handgun hunting.

http://www.hawkbullets.com/Handgun.htm

Well you have lots of advice already but here is my 2 cents worth. The weight of the projectile has a lot to do with things. Lets just take the 45colt. I have used everything from 250xtps to 350gr Penn bullets. From my experience the lighter the projectile the faster it needs to be pushed. A 260 bullet at 900fps will plow through any white-tail we have and kill it fine. Run the same projectile up to 1200 fps and it seems to do it a little more efficiently.

Take a 340gr bullet and run it up to 1250-1300fps and then load another batch at 900-1000fps and it appears from wound exams that you gain nothing from the extra fps except blast and recoil. Like the others have said varying quality of projectiles makes no one solution correct. Again just my 2 cents worth.

[quote=WhitworthThat's great, Mark! The more we hook the better. We are such a small segment of the hunting population, that we can ill afford not having one strong, united voice. [/quote]

I agree with you to a point,,,, but I went to the stores a little bit friday and there were plenty of large pistol primers, bullets, and some powders to be had. Even a good many single action handguns, and the prices weren't inflated. Kind of nice!!

What store had anything in stock?

I'm coming across odds and ends at different stores, just the luck of the draw and also stores in more rural areas seem to be the better choices.

One was Sportsmans Warehouse, the other was a local shooters supply/indoor range. Yea, the only primers available were shotgun shell primers and plenty of large pistol primers.