hunting with a hand gun either 9mm 40s&w 45acp?

Question

can you hog hunt and deer hunt with these guns

Answer 1

No.

Well... I guess you could try, but then you'd probably be breaking a few hunting laws, as they some rules on what catridges and loads you can and cannot use. These rules are in favor a clean, sportsmanlike, one-hit kill. Hunting is tricky enough, so why handicap yourself by not using a good rifle?

But if you really want to go handgun hunting, I'd reccomend following the lead of those who already do so. Their "handguns", however, are more like revolver carbines. They use big, heavy, long barreled revolvers chambered for .44 magnum, .454 Casull, and .50 S&W mag. These are much more effective, however, for taking game than any service pistol out there.

However, there are a few exceptions--Ted Nugent is known for hunting Boar with a Glock 20 chambered in the 10mm catridge. 10mm is a round used in autoloading pistols with sufficient ballistics for hunting, but it has considerably more recoil and velocity than the 9mm, .40, or .45 calibers.

On a side note, the 10mm is the "big brother" of the .40 S&W. The FBI used to use the 10mm, but switched to the .40, because they decided they could sacrifice velocity and power in favor of having much less recoil to deal with. But the FBI doesn't use their guns for hunting game, they use them for protection.

If you're gonna use a handgun for hunting, at least use a cartridge that's appropriate for the task at hand. As the saying goes, "use the right tool for the job!"

Answer 2

None of the cartridges you listed are hunting rounds, period. Not even the .357 Sig. These are all personal defense rounds. If you want to handgun hunt get at least a .41 Magnum. A .44 Magnum would be even better especially if you intend to hunt hogs.

People have taken deer with the .357 Magnum but these are excellent marksmen who hunt all the time. In any case the .357 Magnum (revolver, preferably with a long barrel) is the minimum handgun hunting cartridge for big game. All those rounds you listed will take smaller game like rabbit, javalina and Bobcat but make sure they are legal in the State you hunt. The .45 Long Colt, not to be confused with the .45 acp, IS an adequate hunting round.

Now Glock makes a .10mm 'hunter' and there is a 6" barrel available from Glock for about $135. With a .10mm and hunting ammo like from Double Tap you'd do okay but the .9mm, .40 S&W & .45 acp move too slow & generate too little energy to be reliable hunting rounds. If you load these rounds too hot you'll accelerate the wear on your gun because they weren't made for that.

Good luck.

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Answer 3

None of these are really all that suitable for hogs or deer. Sure you could take javelina with .40 S&W or .45 ACP, and rabbit-sized game will fall cleanly to 9mm, but most of the bullets available for these calibers are designed for police/self-defense use against humans, and lack the sort of penetration needed to cope with anything larger in profile than a human being.

Of these, only the .45 ACP can come close to an okay short-range whitetail load. (And certainly not on any deer larger than whitetails!) But that requires a good 250 - 260 grain bullet driven to 900 ft/sec, which requires +P loads in .45 ACP, and should only really be fired in a good, modern revolver, like a Smith and Wesson 25-2, or 625. (This same load has shot clean through whitetails, through-and-through, for over a century, except it's generally been fired out of Colt Peacemakers, firing the hoary old .45 Colt revolver cartridge.)

If you must hunt hog or deer with a handgun, get one with the punch to do the job. And that means at least .41 Magnum, .44 Magnum, or Ruger/T-C/Freedom Arms-only .45 Colt.

Answer 4

Bound's hubby here:

Hunting hog or deer with a semi-automatic in the cartridges that you listed would not be advisable and could be considered irresponsible. These cartridges, compared to hunting cartridges, are low on the power scale and the bullets that would feed most reliably in them wuold be ill-suited for hunting game.

Thse use of a revolver firing either .357, 10 mm, .41 Magnum, .44 Magnum, or .45 Long Colt would be better suited to hunting game without resorting to the more expensive exotic caliber magnums on the market today.

Good luck.

Answer 5

You shouldn't hunt deer with any. The 45 ACP is enough gun, but the round-nose bullets it usually shoots are wrong. If you're buying a handgun for deer hunting, get a revolver in nothing less than 41 magnum. 44 magnum or 45 Colt will do nicely, too. Long, heavy, semi-wadcutter bullets are available in those for hunting purposes and needn't be driven at warp speed. For sows under 150 lbs and shoats, if you can get really close, anything will do OK, but I wouldn't hunt on purpose with anything smaller than I'd use on deer. Being treed by an angry sow with pigs, or run over by a big boar, are not pleasant experiences.

Answer 6

No!

Most states require that a handgun be 6in and these guns are all semi-auto. Therefore, they don't meet that length requirement. Furthermore, these guns are designed for defense and not for hunting. They are illegal to hunt with in some states for deer and boar. I believe it is unethical to the animal to hunt with such a small caliber.

Check your state laws on handgun hunting requirements. Most states require a 6in (maybe 4in) barrel and caliber of a certain strength depending on the game. Sometimes you can carry a small gun for backup if you have a primary handgun or rifle meeting the requirements.

If you want to hunt with a handun, the minimum choice is a .357 magnum. You might consider a .41 or .44 as well.

Good luck,

Answer 7

I've hunted boar with a .45acp, a 1911 to be exact. It's pretty fun and is effective if you have good optics. I wouldn't use anything under a .270 rifle cartridge for deer, because of the power and distances needed to take a deer.

Answer 8

I'd say with a long barrel and hot load you could feasibly hunt deer with a .45 ACP but I would certainly never attempt or recommend it. The cartridge is not reliably powerful enough to ensure a clean kill. Just as a .223 could work for deer hunting but is not conscientious to use. Boar would be a no-go as they have much thicker layers of fat and muscle than deer and humans (for which the cartridges are actually designed.)

Answer 9

No. A revolver or a single shot with a hotter cartridge is required. Check your state game laws because these are generally not allowed. Also, you may only make a boar angry and then you're in trouble.

Answer 10

Your responsibility as a hunter is a clean, one shot kill. Pretty iffy with handgun cartridges you mention. Go with either a .41 or 44 magnum.