Thanks: your answers make me breathe a little easier. A .45 ACP pistol will hit and kill varmints at close range.

"Tree climber," how far out were those hogs when you shot them? What loads did you use on your hogs with your .40 cal. pistol?

What is "close?" To a SOCOM sniper with a Barrett 82A1 .50 BMG sniper rifle, 400 yards is like 10 feet away; a slam dunk. The same SOCOM trooper can drop a human or canine sentry with a CNS shot from his Heckler & Koch MK23Mod0 .45 ACP pistol (suppressed) at 100 yards, iron sights, first shot. Close range.

For us mere mortals, however, "close range" means something different. How far out should I practice? Of course, the answer to my next question is, "the best you can do", and "1/164 of MOA" :-), but can you give me a numerical value of what accuracy should I strive for? The SIGSauer is "the most accurate out-of-the-box .45 ACP pistol", so, at what range should this shooter strive to eliminate his errors? What is "close range?"

I know I should use hollow points on game like coyotes and fox, but how hot do they need to be loaded? Where can I find such information?

Thanks,

Leslie Nordman