I got a good deal on it. I had a Glock 19 I bought from a friend several years ago that I never shot, and about a year ago, traded it plus an additional $125.00 to get the .45.
Hit something with a .45, it goes down and stays down.
Bang.......
Splat...........
Clunk..................
I agree with you.
A .45 is a man-stopper regardless of the size of the target, not always the case with the smaller calibers - the U.S. military is looking at replacing their current sidearms with .45s - a lesson they should have learned before from the Spanish American war fighting the Morro Muslims in the Phillippines.
Magnums are overkill.
The only problem is if the woman can handle one - they are big.