the lone gunman
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as to the effectiveness of the 45 , I belive the real deal is the type of bullet used more than the caliber, 30yrs ago when I had my first 45acp I have seen the standard round nose glance off empty metal oil cans with out creating any type hole if not hit dead center. I think they would bounce off bone also.dont get me wrong ,I love the 45acp, I have one at arms length right now , my 9mm is in my truck right now, neither are loaded with round nose bullets. It has always been my thought that you want a bullet that will NOT exit. so that way all the energy is transfered to the target, be it man or beast. Sure full penetration on a game animal will leave a better blood trail. but had it gone in and expanded properly the game animal may well have gone down in its tracks.