The 1911 is my favorite and I've owned a number of handguns over the years. I have 5 if I remember correctly. a 45 super, 2 45ACP's, a 40 S&W and a 9mm./22TCM. The super pushes a 180gr Truncated cone at 1100 fps from a 4" barrel. I'm very confident it will be effective in the field.

Bob