Carbine caliber choice for Iowa whitetail, 45 acp or 40 sw

[popper]

I assumed 45 colt vs 45 acp. Nothing bad about a side arm in the woods . Found some 40 rat shot at academy today. I guess Ia lets you do that. You could load down the colt to be more manageable.

[Wayne Smith]

One thing to consider, if you are already loading for the 40S&W your dies work for the 10mm. Brass and possibly a different boolit would be your only expense. That's not a lot of expense for what you gain..

[freddy]

I wouldn't feel comfortable taking a 45acp or a 40 hunting for deer, unless it was just for a finishing shot or extremely close range. A 10mm or 45 LC+P with a decent bullet would be minimum for me. I have killed a few with a 454 casull and used a 450 bushmaster last year, It worked extremely well. A 44mag/357mag/45LC+p in a lever gun would be an awesome deer gun also.

[jcren]

A 45acp in a carbine closly approximates a standard 45 colt from a long barrel revolver. I have game cam footage of a 200rf cast from wheelweights moving at 950 or so (possum popper load, target of oppertunity) dropping a close to 200 pound hog from 70ish yards (first shot pass through and dropped, started thrashing and second shot pass through and you can see the dust kicked up in video) . Have killed several smaller pigs since with a 255rf at about the same speed.