I am looking for a handgun to hunt deer with. I Like accuracy of .357 (had a mod. 19) but something makes me wonder. Everyone, including my dad, who was shot by a Kraut in Normandy after he shot him with M1 Carbine, always told me that the M1 Carbine round was not very powerful, in fact many states don't allow it to hunt deer. But in ballistic charts it shows Carbine round faster by about 500fps. and more energy by about 200ft.lbs. In fact it has a little more energy than .44mag.
I got rid of my M1 carbine years ago because I thought it was eniemic, but after looking at charts and hearing about clean kills with .357 and .44 it makes me wonder.
I realize that the barrell is longer but if state game regulators allow .357 and .44 for deer hunting, why not M1 carbine?