.45 Colt loads from mild to max at lower pressure. Also it is pre-expanded at over 11 mm. You could hunt anything on the earth with it.
.45 Colt loads from mild to max at lower pressure. Also it is pre-expanded at over 11 mm. You could hunt anything on the earth with it.
For the same reasons you have given in support of the .44 magnum, you can apply to the .45 Colt, but the Colt on the upper end of the loading spectrum (heavy bullet loads) completely outshines the .429 magnum. It truly is an outstandind all-around cartridge. Now, if one only ha the option of using factory loads, then it i hard to beat the .44 for the wide selection of ammo........I like the .44 mag chambering, if we can look at this from the "gun end", rather than the cartridge. I say that just because of the flexibility in power level with the .44. You can load it from 600 fps and 180 grains or even lower in the .44 Special, all the way past 400 grains in the mag and hot enough to take nearly anything. I've never had the .45 Colt, but I suspect I'd like that too from the comments I see here from time to time. I suspect the .44 mag has a broader spectrum of loadings though.
TW,O'kay, we can refine the question a bit and ask it this way, "Which
of the listed cartridges do you deem to be the best all-around,
that is, more suitable for hunting and defending?"
Thanks,
Timberwolf
I've taken a bunch of game with both the .44 mag and the various .45s (Colt, Casull, .460.....), and I can say with certainty that the .45 is higher up on the food chain than the .429.TW, Whether hunting or used in self-defense, there will be little discernible difference between these two, and the numbers back that up. (Yeah, I know all you 45LC lovers out there are going to argue with me, but look it up...)
Must be some kind of "magic" in your 45LC if you feel it is any more effective on big game than a 44Mag. Now, the Casull and 460 are a whole different ball of wax...they drive bigger bullets just as fast, or faster, than the 44, so I'm with ya there.I've taken a bunch of game with both the .44 mag and the various .45s (Colt, Casull, .460.....), and I can say with certainty that the .45 is higher up on the food chain than the .429.
I never load the .454 very hot. Take enough game with both and there is a difference. I have never been impressed with the .44 on game. Sure, it will do the job, but not like a properly loaed .45. I don't know how you load, but I'm talking about heavy for caliber, flat-nosed hardcast bullets.Must be some kind of "magic" in your 45LC if you feel it is any more effective on big game than a 44Mag. Now, the Casull and 460 are a whole different ball of wax...they drive bigger bullets just as fast, or faster, than the 44, so I'm with ya there.
Must be some kind of "magic" in your 45LC if you feel it is any more effective on big game than a 44Mag. Now, the Casull and 460 are a whole different ball of wax...they drive bigger bullets just as fast, or faster, than the 44, so I'm with ya there.