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.270's are great. Their best attribute is a pretty noticeable reduction in recoil (in similar weight rifles) from the .30-'06. There are an endless variety of loads available as well, right up there with what's available in .30-'06. One of the all-time easiest and most rewarding to hand load for, too, if you are into that. Not fussy in the least.
My long-time hunting partner has used his dad's old early '50's vintage M70 Featherweight in .270 for about the last 30 years. He's a rather slight, boney guy, and not all that tolerant of recoil. It's served him well on almost everything we have hunted. Oh, he will still grab his similar vintage M70 Alaskan in .375 when we are going after "that kind" of stuff, but as we both age, the size and "attitude" limit of what he will hunt with the .270 keeps going up. Hasn't let him down yet. Here I've played with going on 30 different calibers in the course of my hunting career, and he just keeps grabbing that .270.
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Jeff
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