Lots of good hunters on this forum will tell you of their positive experiences hunting with a .45 acp 1911. My limited experience was not so good. In hindsight, if I hunt with a.45 acp again, I'll set the gun up with heavier springs and load 250 gr. wfn at around 1000 fps. Shot placement, as always, is super critical. Or, check out the long slide 10mm.
This has been my experience as well, using 230gr Federal Hydra-Shok. Equates to piss poor performance.
I?ve switched to 200gr bullets and have spent the summer working up handloads to get more speed and surface area as expansion seems to be a lost cause at the diminished velocity created by distance.
Eh, we will see. Speed and surface area are my new horizon. Time will tell.
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