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I was just curious about 45 acp for deer hunting.Not me ! But I’m in for the report !!
Oh no, I was wrong. Not the best friend’s uncle, just a cousin. 45 Auto is still underpowered compared to modern center fire rifle and magnum handgun rounds, especially the big bores. I didn’t notice any relevant remarks on tracking distances or DRT percentages. How many did he admit to loosing?A .45 ACP carbine with its 16" bbl. is going to hit a lot harder than that same round fired from a 4.5" or 5 inch barreled defensive pistol.
And bullet placement is the key for a humane killing deer (at pistol ranges).
That carbine, equipped with an optical sight, is going to be much more precise and bullet placement than an open sighted handgun.
My cousin tried using handguns to hunt deer in a wooded area of Western New York where centerfire rifles were not allowed for deer hunting it was handguns shotguns or archery only. (And.... these were big deer. Much bigger than what we see in Georgia).
He successfully got several of them over the years using both a model 1911 in .45 ACP with a 5 inch barrel, and a red dot sight, and also
an 8 inch barreled .357 Mag revolver with open sights.
He'd limit his shots to about 30 or 40 yards. At that distance he could reliably keep a group the size of a softball.