I want to applaud all of you for your attitudes towards deer hunting with a 45 ACP.
I remember threads on here and elsewhere where admitting you'd contemplated hunting deer with a 45 ACP handgun would have been met with general derision and outright hostility. Hunting with a 45 ACP for whitetail was akin to eating your own children or having congress with farm animals.
I am glad for the information and the conversation, I had long contemplated a G40 and have tried two G20's, but due to my poor shooting and possibly the guns themselves I never felt good enough to try them on a deer. On the other hand my Kimber 1911 commander length gun from a rest will hit a deer at 25 yards without a problem. I know the 10mm has more energy and penetration but do I really need that on a 100 pound WT doe? All antlered deer will be served at 2700fps or faster.
