Originally Posted by USSR1991
Originally Posted by justin10mm
Originally Posted by USSR1991
Why mess around with the .357, which is a marginal deer cartridge, when the .45 Colt plows right thru them and leaves a much bigger hole.

Don


There's nothing marginal about the .357mag, only poor bullet choices for the intended target. Don't underestimate what a 180gr. hard cast can do. No flies on a sturdy 170gr+ JSP either.


Well, if you've ever shot a deer with a .45 caliber 265gr SWCHP traveling at 1050fps, you would know different. Simply no comparison.

Don


I saw at least a dozen deer shot with 357's in my first couple of years of handgun hunting and 'marginal for deer' summarizes my opinion of it succinctly. This was before the advent of decent hunting bullets like the 180 XTP. I switched to the 44 mag and later, the 45 Colt. A 255-325 grain bullet with a big flat nose, trundling along 900+ fps is easy to shoot well and hardly notices a 350 pound animal got in its way. The animal definitely notices.

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