i believe the blackhawk is one of the FINEST man stoppers, its just not rated so! you can shoot/handload any .45 acp bullet, and handload bullets at any level from a 225 grain round nose at 700 fps, to 300 grain hardcast bullet at 1250 fps. I want to get a black hawk soo bad, and if i could handload it would be a speer golddot, 250 grain bullet at just under 1100 fps for dealing with people. If i didnt like how it kicked, i would drop it down to 1000 fps, and call it macaroni! Only problem with heavy loads in the house is your ear drums dont put up with it.