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Why no 270-08 ?
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<blockquote data-quote="winmag" data-source="post: 836399" data-attributes="member: 22166"><p>Pretty much what Marshal said, with the addition of:</p><p>Its a 270 so its already cooler <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> haha<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>There is no real gain. Other than the cool factor. Everybody has a 6.5 something or other. That isn't what I'm looking for.</p><p>Call it an OCD thing, or a prejudice against the metric system or whatever you wanna call it.</p><p>Back story time**</p><p>We didn't have a lot of $ when I was a kid. Family tradition dictates Dad buying, or handing down his son his first rifle. Its gotta fit the bill for Deer, Elk, Bear, Antelope, & everything in between if your a 1 rifle kid "out west". My cousins & I all started with a 30-06 or 270. Other than the oddball inlaw shooting a 264 Mag I'd never heard of anybody using anything with a smaller bore diameter than a 270 for anything but varmints, & paper, until much later in life. Our 270's, -06's, & 300's & 338's worked just fine on everything we pulled the trigger on.</p><p>So, I've always had a fondness for anything 270, 30, & 338 since I was a kid.</p><p>Now, out of these 3, the 270 fits the bill "best" for the intended purpose of the build on an -08 case, for Wife, & Daughters all round rifle with minimal recoil.</p><p></p><p>I know, it doesn't make sense to everybody. & it's not cost effective now-a-days, But IMO it should've caught on well before many of the other -08 wildcats did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winmag, post: 836399, member: 22166"] Pretty much what Marshal said, with the addition of: Its a 270 so its already cooler :cool: haha:D There is no real gain. Other than the cool factor. Everybody has a 6.5 something or other. That isn't what I'm looking for. Call it an OCD thing, or a prejudice against the metric system or whatever you wanna call it. Back story time** We didn't have a lot of $ when I was a kid. Family tradition dictates Dad buying, or handing down his son his first rifle. Its gotta fit the bill for Deer, Elk, Bear, Antelope, & everything in between if your a 1 rifle kid "out west". My cousins & I all started with a 30-06 or 270. Other than the oddball inlaw shooting a 264 Mag I'd never heard of anybody using anything with a smaller bore diameter than a 270 for anything but varmints, & paper, until much later in life. Our 270's, -06's, & 300's & 338's worked just fine on everything we pulled the trigger on. So, I've always had a fondness for anything 270, 30, & 338 since I was a kid. Now, out of these 3, the 270 fits the bill "best" for the intended purpose of the build on an -08 case, for Wife, & Daughters all round rifle with minimal recoil. I know, it doesn't make sense to everybody. & it's not cost effective now-a-days, But IMO it should've caught on well before many of the other -08 wildcats did. [/QUOTE]
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