While I've never chronographed it, or hunted with it, my triple seven .45 Colt loads from a 19" carbine barrel used toring the steel loader than most anything anybody else had at the range. Used a 250gr bullet, and I don't remember the exact powder charge, but it did hit with authority! I wouldn't hesitate to use it hunting, it just needed some sight work to get it "on" at greater than CAS distances.