Looking for some suggestions on some good cast bullets for the 9mm Pistol for small game hunting and maybe an occasional deer out small game hunting.
I think a hard cast 9mm 147gr FP would be plenty for deer.
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Looking for some suggestions on some good cast bullets for the 9mm Pistol for small game hunting and maybe an occasional deer out small game hunting.
I think a hard cast 9mm 147gr FP would be plenty for deer.
Edited added pistol
Carbine or pistol? Either way I would lean towards the heavier flat points, pushed hard. Shot placement would have to be good. If it's a carbine, that would go a long ways towards getting decent power out of the 9mm.
I have a friend who killed a Colorado mule deer with a 380. It worked, dead deer, but it's hardly a recommended load.
In this state, pistol only,no carbine allowed. .357 mag or larger only. No rifle except muzzle loader. Shotgun and archery.
Greatly limits your choices.
I would NOT hunt deer with a 9mm. Period. There are SO many better choices, it's just silly to take the chance of wounding an animal just to say yeah I took it with a 9mm.
technically yes, 9mm is .355 dia
357 mag is .358 dia
9mm is smaller
but you too can be a test case.
for small game, I'd use the 135gr FP's by NOE.
Small game sure, Deer ? foolish move.
It's not about what will kill a Deer, it's about being humane and killing quickly.
There comes a time when we say, But, But it's all I have, I say then you don't have enough.
Use the right tool for the job, folks just don't hunt Deer with a 9 Mill if they can help it.
Just my 2 cents
Shoot a black bear with a cast 223, take a picture for me will ya? Where do you live again? I just want to put your local paper in my search engine.