Can you hunt coyote with a .204 ruger or a 20 prac?
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45 acp for close quarter hunting
- Thread starter Tactical Mad Dawg
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Hell yea...
nice. thanks
Ive carried one before with +p .
I made up my mind the deer could be no further than 50 or 60 feet though.
Pretty much bow range handgun hunting
Never had any opps though cause I shoot deer with rifles
I made up my mind the deer could be no further than 50 or 60 feet though.
Pretty much bow range handgun hunting
Never had any opps though cause I shoot deer with rifles
I’m saying that barely adequate. Mid 500 ft/lb which is about the same as a .357mag. Which out of a pistol is considered on the extreme low end of being enough( out of a carbine is a different story)
and a 10mm is almost 200 ft/lb more than the hot rod 45acp. That’s not anywhere near being close. Almost 40% more.
A 180 projectile going 1150 fps out of a 10mm isn't more than an 185 grain out if a 45. At 1150fps
I have hunted exclusively with a handgun for the last 25 years. I have taken deer with 10mm, 357, hot 44 special, 45acp, 44mag, 454 and 500.
If you shoot them in the neck it's over. Which is where I like to shoot. If you puncture both lungs they going down. If you can't hit the vitals or the neck at the given distance you're hunting you shouldn't be hunting with a handgun at that distance. The spear Volume 14 reloading manual shows for the 10 mm 180 grain projectile speeds anywhere from 1099 to 1295. I would venture to say that 185 grain 45 caliber bullet traveling at 1150 feet per second is in that range
Poachers been using 22LR to take deer for the longest time 45acp should be just fine it's all about shot placement
