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Yes Ziadel, I agree that most of the newer, well produced 1911's will do fine with hollow points, it's the older 1911's you have to be careful with because they are designed to fire ball ammo. The things I've heard and read about 1911 reliability issues with hollowpoints are still enough to deter me from enlisting one for SD purposes. I plan on buying one eventually for range purposes and just because they are in my opinion one of the nicest looking pistol designs.
Also, to the guys who were discussing hunting with a .45 ACP. In Georgia, there is no law against hunting with any specific round as long as it meets the energy requirement at 100 yards. The rules are that a round must mantain 500 ft/lbs of energy at 100 yards and that the barrel must be atleast 6 inches. I know people who put 6 inch barrels in their glock 20's (10mm) and hunt whitetail that way because the hottest 10mm loads more than meet the energy requirements. It would be very hard to find a .45 ACP load that would meet the energy requirement, although it may be possible.
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