I shot many deer with the .45 Colt with 300 to 335 gr boolits to 1160 fps and it is true, they jump, walk off and bleed out. Not enough energy so they just bleed out.
yet penetration is still astounding. get lower then 1000 fps and there is a loss of energy but they still bleed out. I would still not go to 700 fps.
Everyone still says a .45 Ruger will match a .44 mag, not true until you have energy to match. I get the same weight boolits to a little over 1316 fps in the .44 but you will not in the .45 unless going to .454 pressures.
The .44 still kills faster.
