45 Super goes hunting this year

Bisleyfan44 · Nov 18, 2018

Have a 7.5" Ruger Blackhawk convertible with both Colt and ACP cylinders. I was intrigued by the 45 Super and decided to give them a try. Buffalo Bore and Underwood ammo were tried and the 230 gr GoldDot load from Underwood gave really decent accuracy at 30 yards, so I am gonna give them a try this year. I truly love handgun hunting and this will add a new wrinkle this year. Anybody else fool with the 45 Super?

alucard0822 · Nov 18, 2018

I run it in autos, it's awesome, stretches 45 a good bit bringing it up to equal 10mm power, 460Rowland even more so.

Bisleyfan44 · Nov 19, 2018

I think it should do pretty well. My shots will be fairly close and I'm getting ~1200 fps from the long barrel. Pretty neat round.

Uncle Duke · Nov 19, 2018

Bisleyfan44 said:
I think it should do pretty well. My shots will be fairly close and I'm getting ~1200 fps from the long barrel. Pretty neat round.

Zero experience with it, but it sounds like plenty much. Dean Grennell certainly approves of your choice!

(I miss his writing).

RedneckGeek · Nov 20, 2018

I have one of the original Springfield Armory V16 in .45 Super from the factory. With the 200 gr JHP from Triton I was getting 1350+ fps from the 6" barrel and from a stable rest was capable of putting all seven from the magazine in a 10" circle at 50 yds. Sadly Triton no longer exists and neither the Buffalo Bore nor the Underwood 200 gr JHP are quite as accurate.

Before I moved from Michigan with this pistol I had put 12 deer in the freezer. The longest shot was 42 yds with the Triton and she dropped like a stone. I keep my shots under 30 now with the Buffalo Bore. With the 255 gr FN from Buffalo Bore 3 feral pigs and a black bear were also harvested.

The .45 Super is a very under appreciated cartridge. Fired from the same length barrels it will out preform the 10mm. I love it and carried that pistol when I went to Alaska as well as concealed when I lived in Michigan. I haven't the opportunity to use it here in Maryland yet, but rest assured it will be in a couple more days.

Bisleyfan44 · Nov 21, 2018

RedneckGeek said:
I have one of the original Springfield Armory V16 in .45 Super from the factory. With the 200 gr JHP from Triton I was getting 1350+ fps from the 6" barrel and from a stable rest was capable of putting all seven from the magazine in a 10" circle at 50 yds. Sadly Triton no longer exists and neither the Buffalo Bore nor the Underwood 200 gr JHP are quite as accurate.

Before I moved from Michigan with this pistol I had put 12 deer in the freezer. The longest shot was 42 yds with the Triton and she dropped like a stone. I keep my shots under 30 now with the Buffalo Bore. With the 255 gr FN from Buffalo Bore 3 feral pigs and a black bear were also harvested.

The .45 Super is a very under appreciated cartridge. Fired from the same length barrels it will out preform the 10mm. I love it and carried that pistol when I went to Alaska as well as concealed when I lived in Michigan. I haven't the opportunity to use it here in Maryland yet, but rest assured it will be in a couple more days.

I bought a couple of boxes of similar load from Underwood, but haven't shot them yet. Any details on what I bolded above; shot distances/angles/where hit/etc.? Trying to learn. And good luck this year with it; post if you have success. Thanks!

RedneckGeek · Nov 23, 2018

Two of the hogs and the bear were right around 20-25 yds and I was intending to hit the shoulders. The third hog was facing me.

I don't remember all the details but it took 3 shots to put the bear down. One shoulder was destroyed, but it failed to penetrate to the other side.

All of the hogs took a single shot and ran about 50 yds before they went down.

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