I've killed two BBs with the 45 ACP cartidge using a Combat Commander and a M1911 Gvmt Model. Used the old RN Hornady 185 over 7.5 gr Unique in the Commander and the Speer 200 JHP "FAT" bullet over the same 7.5 gr Unique.
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I've killed two BBs with the 45 ACP cartidge using a Combat Commander and a M1911 Gvmt Model. Used the old RN Hornady 185 over 7.5 gr Unique in the Commander and the Speer 200 JHP "FAT" bullet over the same 7.5 gr Unique.
Used to work with a guy that took on a brown with a pen knife.
I was visiting one of our part time neighbors and he was telling me about hunting deer on Kodiak Island. I leaned to the side and looked at his butt...he gave me a strange look and I said I was just checking to see where the bears chewed up his butt. He says you must be thinking of my father...I gave him a strange look. He told me his father has the only Alaska F&G confirmed defense against a brown bear with a knife.
I guess some think BBs (Black Bears), like deer and pigs, now wear body armor. Wasn't too long ago a woman back east stopped a BB with a 38 SPL snubbie. Guess the BB forgot to gear up that morning......
Black bear and brown bear are two very different animals. Sort of like the difference between a Chihuahua and a Rottweiler.
When I go to my cabin I frequently carry either a 1911 or Sig P220 in .45. The load is a 210 grain SWC from a Lee group buy we did many years ago (basically a 452423 minus the crimp groove and middle band) over 7.5 grains of Power Pistol.
One of the revolvers I have used for edc is a 4” barreled Brazilian 1917. My choice of loads for it ( and all my ACP revolvers) is the SAECO 453 over a hardball dose of powder. The 453 is a 240 grain full wadcutter so plenty of bearing length and an impressive meplat. A very accurate and hard hitting load. I also use the group buy 452423 boolit with the same doses of powder.
Kevin
Now that sounds like a good "repel boarders" load also.
All good advice, but if you’re out with someone, all you need is a .22. Shoot your buddy in the leg and then run.
ChuckS1. Reminds me of the old question, "Which is faster; running mad or running scared?" What you suggest might cause your buddy to do both at the same time. :bigsmyl2:
I load the 452460 Lyman 200 gr. SWC over 8.3 grains of Longshot in .45 Super brass. I shoot that load in 2 different guns, a 1911 with just a recoil spring change and on of the spring-loaded guide rods. This gun will also reliably shoot standard .45ACP set up like this. I also have a 5.25 Match Springfield XD that I shoot this load in. It's accurate, high capacity, and I have put a Powder River trigger kit in it. That handload is probably as good as anything you can buy for the .45 for large animals.