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Originally Posted by G.T. Smith
I tried to use a 45 ACP round for deer hunting in Missouri. I heard that you couldn't use the FMJ so I got some rounds that were, IIRC 180 gr. They were a kind of cone shaped lead bullet. I don't reload and have no idea what the powder was or anything like that. Whatever it was it didn't work. I shot at a deer in an open field, about 75 yards off and the bullet made it little more than 2/3rds of the way out there.
I traded the gun for a Winchester .300 magnum. Problem solved.
Peace,
gordon
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Not much information to be gained from your post, except that the bullet shape was probably the worst possible for causing good tissue destruction.
Powder, powder charge, velocity, and detailled bullet information unknown. Sounds like a very light target load.
75 yards is probably beyond the ethical shooting range for any game with the .45ACP.
As far as I'm concerned, 15 yards is beyond the ethical shooting range with an unknown load like that.