Need some help guys. I have a friend in Alaska that offered to take me Moose hunting next year, and we want to hunt with pistols. I have a Ruger Blackhawk in .44 Mag caliber, but am hearing from other people that a .45 Colt caliber is better than a .44 mag on large critters!
I am inclined to agree with them but have never shot a modern .45 that much, and always thought that the .45 is an old lower powered round.
If anything the reason may be the heavy projectiles the .45 will shoot, up to 360 grain I think! That would have to hit like a freight train, but is it really that much better than a .44 Mag 310 grain at a little higher velocity?
I don't mind buying a new pistol at all if it will actually take out a moose better than a .44 Mag, heck, nothing wrong with a new Blackhawk at all!
What would you do, is the .45 really that much better?
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