Can you hunt deer with a 45 carbine?
Can you hunt deer with a 45 carbine?
45 can be used for deer hunting out to 50 yd. I would also use the 9mm with the same restriction on range. Remember these are handgun loads and although you get a bit more ballistic punch with the longer carbine barrel it will NOT carry the accuracy and energy required to quickly down big game beyond the 50 yd mark.
Is a Hi Point 45 Carbine a good gun?
Because of its simple design, there is less that can go wrong. The Hi Point carbine has a reputation for reliability. It’s not uncommon to hear of a few hundred rounds going through this gun with no hiccups, no jams, and no failures. 45 ACP carbine might be its price.
What should I load a.45 Colt GC with?
The Lyman bullet 452651 GC will cast 20-1 at about 325 grains including gas check. With these bullets sized .452″ and cast of 16 parts lead to 1 part tin, try this loading with 19.0 grains of WW-296 or 19.5 grains of H-110 in Star-line cases with Fed 155 primers and Bubba lube, or Javelina or NEI pistol lube. Use a COL at 1.572″.
What was the.45 Colt cartridge used for?
The .45 Colt quickly earned an outstanding reputation as a fight-stopping cartridge on the frontier, even when stoked with reduced-power military loads.
What makes a 45 ACP carbine so good?
The gun’s build sturdy. The receiver is built from stamped steel while the rest of the gun is practically made from polymer. In the video shown earlier, the woman neglected her Hi-Point 45 ACP. It was rusty and ill-maintained. Yet, it still fired when the time came.
When did the Colt 45 ACP come out?
The .45 ACP (right) was developed at the request of the U.S. military and produced similar performance to military .45 Colt (left) loads. The history of the .45 ACP (aka .45 Auto) really began with the .45 Colt during the early 1870s, which was adopted by the U.S. military in 1873, along with the Colt Single Action Army revolver.