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RE: 1911 for Deer

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ORIGINAL: nksmfamjp

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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!:D

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.

Have you considered just holding the handgun instead of having it holstered when working this area just like someone with a long gun would do? Just curious, because that revolver is a better tool for the job than a 1911 IMO.

RE: 1911 for Deer

handguns would be fun, in Canada you can only have a handgun if you belong to a gun club and have to notify police everytime you take it out to gun club. You have to give them path to club and you can't go anyother route to club or you get charged. Very strick rules on handguns

RE: 1911 for Deer

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ORIGINAL: wheelie

handguns would be fun, in Canada you can only have a handgun if you belong to a gun club and have to notify police everytime you take it out to gun club. You have to give them path to club and you can't go anyother route to club or you get charged. Very strick rules on handguns

It is a shame that people live under these kinds of laws anywhere in the world. Even worse that most people would consider Canada a free country.:(

Thanks everyone for all the good debate that this thread has achieved.

RE: 1911 for Deer

Canada's not a free country, it's a Marxist Socialist state that has done a good job convincing everybody that it's a free country.

Mike

RE: 1911 for Deer

I havent killed one with a 1911 nor do i know anyone who has, but id for dang sure give it a try..