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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 449195" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>It's a hunting round, plain and simple. It does a marvelous job in this role, and there just hasn't been much done to expand on this. It's bracketed by two bore sizes (6.5 & 7mm) that are already very well established in the competitive roles and offer a much wider range of bullets. As Bryan points out, the limited twist rates available also limit what bulletmakers are willing to offer, so the selection remains small. And primarily oriented towards the hunting market.</p><p> </p><p>Some years back, the powers that be decided that with all the 270s out there in the hands of hunters, all that was needed was the inclusion of an SMK to the line and each and very hunter would immediately head off to Perry to compete in the National Matches. None of these folks, mind you, had ever been to (much less shot) Camp Perry. Democracy reigned, I was the lone dissenting vote against, and a 135 gr SMK was added to the line. In all the years since, I've <u>never</u> seen one on the line at any match, anywhere. The <u>only </u>time I've ever had a customer ask about them was the year they were introduced, when Mitchell Maxberry came up to me and asked, "Why?"Still haven't been able to come up with a good answer for him.</p><p> </p><p>Great cartridge for the game fields, and that's enough to justify its existence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 449195, member: 15748"] It's a hunting round, plain and simple. It does a marvelous job in this role, and there just hasn't been much done to expand on this. It's bracketed by two bore sizes (6.5 & 7mm) that are already very well established in the competitive roles and offer a much wider range of bullets. As Bryan points out, the limited twist rates available also limit what bulletmakers are willing to offer, so the selection remains small. And primarily oriented towards the hunting market. Some years back, the powers that be decided that with all the 270s out there in the hands of hunters, all that was needed was the inclusion of an SMK to the line and each and very hunter would immediately head off to Perry to compete in the National Matches. None of these folks, mind you, had ever been to (much less shot) Camp Perry. Democracy reigned, I was the lone dissenting vote against, and a 135 gr SMK was added to the line. In all the years since, I've [U]never[/U] seen one on the line at any match, anywhere. The [U]only [/U]time I've ever had a customer ask about them was the year they were introduced, when Mitchell Maxberry came up to me and asked, "Why?"Still haven't been able to come up with a good answer for him. Great cartridge for the game fields, and that's enough to justify its existence. [/QUOTE]
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