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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 376082" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>A friend of mine was a Police Officer for about 9 years. When he joined the force their standard weapon was the 45 Auto in Sig Sauer semi-autos. There were a lot of moose around here back in those days and part of his job was to respond to moose-auto collisions. We used to kill about 370 moose per year via moose/auto collisions, just on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. It was fairly common for the *** to arrive at the scene of the accident and find an incapacitated moose. They'd have to finish them off. He'd shoot them in the head with their .45 ACPs. He said it was a struggle to kill them with head shots, and it would generally take several shots at point blank range to dispatch the moose. The 45 ACP rounds had a hard time penetrating the skull.</p><p></p><p>Then about 4 years into his career his police force switched over to .41 magnum S&W revolvers. BIG difference. One good shot to the skull of the moose was all it ever took. He felt much better finishing them with the .41 Mag because it was much more humane. Lot's of the moose kills occur in the hours of winter darkness and he never said if the .41 Mags were exiting their skull - I suspect they were. But with the .41 Mags it was always one shot - one kill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 376082, member: 4191"] A friend of mine was a Police Officer for about 9 years. When he joined the force their standard weapon was the 45 Auto in Sig Sauer semi-autos. There were a lot of moose around here back in those days and part of his job was to respond to moose-auto collisions. We used to kill about 370 moose per year via moose/auto collisions, just on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. It was fairly common for the *** to arrive at the scene of the accident and find an incapacitated moose. They'd have to finish them off. He'd shoot them in the head with their .45 ACPs. He said it was a struggle to kill them with head shots, and it would generally take several shots at point blank range to dispatch the moose. The 45 ACP rounds had a hard time penetrating the skull. Then about 4 years into his career his police force switched over to .41 magnum S&W revolvers. BIG difference. One good shot to the skull of the moose was all it ever took. He felt much better finishing them with the .41 Mag because it was much more humane. Lot's of the moose kills occur in the hours of winter darkness and he never said if the .41 Mags were exiting their skull - I suspect they were. But with the .41 Mags it was always one shot - one kill. [/QUOTE]
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