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45 acp, archery backup?
« on: February 29, 2012, 10:28:35 AM »
Well I have made the decision to switch back to archery deer and elk this year. And sense I've made this choice I figure I will go all out and archery hunt everything.

So I just went out and picked up a Kahr cw45 for my light weight, heavy hitting woods sidearm/every day carry gun. So this will of course be by my side on those archery bear hunts.

So, to my question. Which factory ammo should I have my gun loaded with for angry bear attacks?

And if it makes a difference. This gun imo has no felt recoil at all. So "hot" loads will not be an issue for me.

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45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2012, 10:33:15 AM »
Doubletap.

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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2012, 10:35:25 AM »
I prefer 230 gr round nose. IF you are in a position to fire you are going to be dumping rounds at close range. My thought is to carry a round that will penetrate and break bone. Of course....as the bear/cat/meth head is chewing on me it may be to late I could be wishing for a nice can of bear spray.

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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2012, 10:38:11 AM »
I could not imagine the horrors of a meth head eating me alive  :chuckle:

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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2012, 10:39:55 AM »
Hornady critical defense
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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2012, 12:10:04 PM »
Hornady critical defense
that what I pack I think that you would get better penetration with the 185's

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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #6 on: February 29, 2012, 12:24:29 PM »
I carry a .45 glock with me archery hunting too. I stagger round nose and hollow points in the clip. I figure its gonna be a close encounter anyway....just hope it never happens.

Be safe, good luck!

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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #8 on: February 29, 2012, 01:27:06 PM »
Personally, I would go with Hornaday Zombie Max ammo.  Just to sure...
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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #9 on: February 29, 2012, 01:50:30 PM »
Personally, I would go with Hornaday Zombie Max ammo.  Just to sure...

I seen those in cabelas the other day. There were more kids checking them out then adults.

I just shot my first box of hornady 200gr xtp's through the Kahr. Wow every single f'n round failed to chamber. 20 rounds and not one functioned properly

BUT 200 rounds of herters 230gr fmj's functioned FLAWLESSLY.

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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #10 on: February 29, 2012, 01:53:14 PM »
You really want a good solid bullet that will hit hard penetrate well and have a lot of knock down power behind it. I would look at the winchester PD1's. I have been running them for awhile and carry them in my auto's. I would have no problem shooting a bear with one and getting solid results. I have shot a lot of big game animals with a handgun and know what it takes to put them down clean. Another hard hitter is the gold dot. They do not expand well but they sure penetrate like crazy and will still open up nice.
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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2012, 02:22:49 PM »
Personally, I would go with Hornaday Zombie Max ammo.  Just to sure...

I seen those in cabelas the other day. There were more kids checking them out then adults.

I just shot my first box of hornady 200gr xtp's through the Kahr. Wow every single f'n round failed to chamber. 20 rounds and not one functioned properly

BUT 200 rounds of herters 230gr fmj's functioned FLAWLESSLY.

Haha, thats funny.  Even the cheap ammo still goes 'bang.'
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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2012, 04:04:47 PM »
doubletap and buffalo bore have some deep penetrating hardcast bullets in the 255gr range they are +p's though so if you shoot many of them you will want a stronger recoil spring
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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2012, 12:31:32 PM »
I've read some really interesting stuff from a guide who has seen a lot of bears shot with handguns and written about the results on other websites. He didn't have much good to say about the usual self defense calibers of 9mm, .40, and .45. His minimum in handguns for hound or bait hunting where there's time to make a well placed shot is .41mag and 10mm.

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Re: 45 acp, archery backup?
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2012, 12:36:03 PM »
Im quite the hipocrate on this topic....bear spray is really a vetter option...however....i know this and still lije my .45.

 


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