The state of South Dakota requires hand guns to have a muzzle energy of 500 ftlbs to be legal. Myself, i have killed several deer years ago with a .44, and cannot recall ever having one run off. However, once i made a bad shot, but didn't know it, and approached the deer without the gun. It did run off, and i had to bull dog it, straddle it, and cut it's throat. Good thing that happened years ago, i cannot run now.

No, i am not just hunting deer; coyote, wolf, lion, and grizzly bear.

Fifty inches of drop sure was handled nicely by the cds dial, and as you can see, there was no wind drift.