Being from Ohio and needing to use a slug gun for deer I am looking for an alternative. Feeding sabot slugs to a shotgun is about the same cost as feeding a 500 Mag while still getting questionable results. While I have a few 629s I'm trying to get away from the buck and snort of the 44 mag. I do however have a 5 inch 625-2 which has always shot very well with acp and the small amount of AR someone has given me. The question is to what extent could the 45 AR be safely loaded and most importantly perform relative to a 45 Colt. Currently I am torn between selling the acp to fund a 625 colt, providing of course I could find one, or beginning to reload the AR to warm levels. If anyone has done this or has any advise or thoughts I would appreciate some feedback. Thanks