I have been sitting here thinking and wondering about something and came up with a question I haven't seen asked on this site. It may not interest everyone but here goes.
44 Special vs 45 ACP
Both fired in revolvers with the same length barrel. Both suitably accurate and using as close to the same weight boolits/bullets as possible. Both using standard pressure loadings, no +P.
Using the revolvers gives each cartridge the ability to use identical bullet/boolit types and nose configurations so we won't be comparing apples and oranges.
I am thinking in terms of normal/nominal projectile weights, not heavy for caliber even though I know that is a possibility with this setup.
Would one of them be significantly better for hunting/self defense than the other or are they so close as to be nearly indistinguishable?
I haven't done anything with a 44 special since the mid 1990s and can't remember much about the cartridge other than I liked it.