I shot one 250 or so pound boar with a 45ACP, that was still breathing after I hit him with a 308. I shot him with the 45 in the back of the head from 1-2 feet away with a 230 grain gold dot from a Kimber commander length gun, the pig quit moving very shortly thereafter however as far as I could tell the bullet did not go out the bottom of his head. The gun was near horizontal, the pig was laying on its side, and I was squatted down next to it.
In my experience the 230 XTP penetrates substantially more than the 230 grain Gold Dot. The 45 ACP +P rounds give up very little to a 10mm in my experience when the best bullets are used in each.
I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
