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Originally Posted by Joekerr
I only have a .45acp so that's what I would be carrying, if I could. But I'm a little skeptical that a 9 / .45 wouldn't be useful.
Ok, a 9mm wouldn't be useful against larger game, but I think it would have all the stopping power needed for coyotes and then some which is what I'd be most likely to run into.
But a .45 should be pretty good in most situations I would think no matter where it is placed, up to I would think, a black bear. There are no brown bears where I live and if I were to ever run into one, I would agree a .45 would be useless in that situation, or against something large like a moose.
Considering that a .45 hits with something like 500ft/lbs of force and a black bear usually doesn't exceed 300lbs, I would think it would set him back a little? At least enough to follow through hopefully with a better shot to a kill region.
And a wolf should be no problem, if you could hit it. But I'd imagine it would be very close quarters shooting by the time you could get reasonably accurate unless it was rushing in a straight line.
Black bears are remote too around here, but that would be the largest game I'd be worried about, coyotes are much more common, and wolves less so.
Would you agree with the above - if not, where did I go wrong / what's correct?
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Here is an example of the differences between bullet size, weight and speed.
The splatters of paint missing on this steal target are made from 230gr .45acp bullets. Large and heavy. The almost penetrating 6 holes in the steal including the one that almost cut the frame in two, were made from a 55gr .22 cal bullet traveling at 3000ft/sec.
This is just to illustrate how something with perceived "stopping power" like a large .45 pails in comparison to just about any rifle caliber.
As someone said, bear spray and back up pistol is effective.