First handgun deer today

Was hunting at my brother's today. I already harvested a buck from his 15 acres with my bow so he wanted me to take one of the many doe around his place. I was sitting in a stand with max range of 30 yards all around so my firearm of choice was my Springfield 1911 Range Officer in 45acp. It is set up for 45 Super but I only shoot upper +P ACP loads in it occasionally and practice with normal pressure rounds. It is very accurate. My load was the NOE 452-230 with the cup point lubed with Carnuba Red. Boolit was 50/50 WW with 2% tin and pure weighing in at 245 grains. Powder was 7.5 grains of Power Pistol. This should be close to 950 fps. She was a very large and older doe and the shot was just a little over 20 yards. It was a higher lung shot. Put a 1" hole in them and kept on going.Attachment 208080

Don't see many shot with 1911s. Congrats, a good eating deer there.

Excellent work 30! Not many deer are taken with a 1911. You knew your limitations and made the best of an opportunity to fit your tool to the task at hand. Good eating no doubt.

Woot! Love it when a plan comes together - Great work with a great gun!

Good shooting

Congratulations! Excellent tool for close in hunting.

Congrats. The close in ones are special with bow or handgun.

Congratulations 30hrrtt on a great hunting season. You have been successful using your bow and a handgun to harvest your deer. Your chosen platforms for your season shows that your abilities are very good. I have shot many deer with a long gun but none with either weapons you used. Great job.

man thats a big doe
nice shot

My first handgun kill was a ruger super Blackhawk 44 mag with the lee 310 that I flat based over 21.0 grn of H110 the shot was about 10 yards I still remember that as clearly as yesterday

CONGRATS! IM going out tomorrow with a 4 digit colt 1911 us property marked all original with the lee 200 found flat going about 950

Nice work with my favorite pistol.
My first handgun deer was with a .535 rb.
My second was a 41 mag j-word.
I want my third to be .45 acp/200 swc now!

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Nice! How far did it run?

If his boolit was a RNFP the difference between his load and a factory .45 Colt load is small. Not hard to see why it worked. I doubt if Jeff Cooper would have wondered. GF

nope,,, 45's are for shooting 200 lb people not 150 lb deer.
it'll never work, sorry, your gonna have to throw that one back and bring a bigger gun.

yup! in Oklahoma that would be shenanagins! pistol cartridges must be 1.25" long. because heaven forbid you use a 44 spl!

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Originally Posted by Oklahoma Rebel

yup! in Oklahoma that would be shenanagins! pistol cartridges must be 1.25" long. because heaven forbid you use a 44 spl!

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Go back & re-read the regs.....it is legal in Okla since a 1911 is a semi-automatic handgun

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Centerfire handguns:
Chambered for .24
caliber or larger and 100 grain or heavier
soft-nosed bullet having an overall cartridge
case length of 1.25 inches or longer are legal
(.357 or larger) and a minimum barrel length
of 4 inches.
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Semi-automatic handguns:
Chambered for
any centerfire ammunition with a 100-grain
or heavier soft-nosed bullet and having a
cartridge case size of .40 caliber or larger (in
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cludes 10 mm, .357 Sig., and 40 cal. or larger)
and a minimum barrel length of 4 inches

Nice!
With your screen name I was thinking Contender, but a 1911 is plenty at 20 yards.
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Originally Posted by runfiverun

nope,,, 45's are for shooting 200 lb people not 150 lb deer.
it'll never work, sorry, your gonna have to throw that one back and bring a bigger gun.

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Yep, a mag-a-num would be fine but a SUPER mag-a-num would be even better!

Nice job 30hrrtt. Proud a ya.

Taking a deer with a 1911 is pretty cool! Did it myself a couple years back (MiHec 454423). I've taken quite a number with a bow. I think taking one with an open sighted handgun is in many ways more difficult. Congratulations on the accomplishment.

Mmm backstrap

Mmm backstrap , eggs , grits had that breakfast in camp a few times D Crockett

First deer with a handgun...you'll never forget that one. My first deer ever was with a Ruger .44 mag flat top 6.5" bbl. That was 54 years ago! I've shot many since then, mostly with the .44 magnum in a revolver, but I have taken a few with the TC Contender 10" bbl in 7mm TCU. I don't remember the details on a lot of them, but I sure do that first one. I was in the service in northern Maine, and I spied a small buck in a potato field as I stepped outta the car, that I and a bunch of buddies had just had lunch in. As I pulled the hammer back, I heard one of my buddies say" Look at that,...he's trying to make us believe he saw something" When the revolver went off, you never saw 3 guys pile out of a car so fast in all your life. The distance was a little over 100 paces, I aimed for the shoulder and hit it in the neck. Bang flop. I had to have one of my buddies show me how to gut the buck, because I had never done it. Ah, the memories as we age!

Somewhere, John Thompson and Louis Legarde are smiling. . .

Nice job man...Handgun hunting has always been a "bucket list" thing for me to do (especially with my 1942 issue 1911). But , alas, up here in the frozen north my govnt. wont trust me (or anyone else for that matter) in the bush with one...very envious of you folks these days...

Didn't see where he said that was his limit. The old 45, with good bullets proves again that it works just fine in the hands of someone who knows how to use it. Great job!

Dick

The deer ran close to 100 yards. The shot hit high between a few ribs back, angled down and exited lower between two ribs. It then hit the lower part of the shoulder blade. I was hoping for a little expansion but I don't think it expanded much without hitting a rib and until it hit the shoulder blade. Expansion would have been a bonus but I wanted to be able to make a shot at most any angle except straight north and was confident it would do it's job without any. At 20 yards, I would shoot an elk broadside with this load. I practice out to 50 yards but if I think it will be much over 30, one of my scoped Herretts gets her turn.

It's sad but out to 30 yards, I'm much more accurate with my bow than I am with a handgun. I need a lot more range time.

The rest of the season I used my Redhawk in 44 Magnum with a large NOE hollow point for special effects but didn't get a chance to use it.

I didn't see you were from Milwaukee
just a bit West and North of you in Sun Prairie
again congrats

Congratulations.
Bet you relive that shot when some of that deer is served up beside the mashed potatoes and greens.

Good deal!!!!

Conrats on your kill. Maybe one day I can post a similar picture.

WOW 1911 there's a new for me wheel gun for me with deer hunting .Congrats

Great job!

Good morning and Congratulations !
That first one you will remember a long time...
Mike in Peru

Nice!