ORIGINAL: Simp
I'd bet dollars to donuts that no one here could hit a running deer at 30 yards with a 1911 without it being considered extreme luck. There, I said it!
I'll go one step further, I'd bet that half the people here couldn't hit a deer that was standing still at 50 yards offhand with a 1911.
I cannot do either reliably with a 1911. I think I could have got the one which stood up 5 yards away last year, turned broadside and bounded off. With the Ruger, I drew, pulled the hammer back and decided not to shoot as the deer was moving at that point.
Maybe I'm a yahoo, but with a Ruger SA, I'm looking at 3 - 5 secs to draw, aim and fire. With my 1911, I think I can do this under 2 sec in the field reliably.