If the 280 had came out before the 270...the 270 would probably never had been born.
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It did.
They called it the 7x64 Brenneke and it came out in 1912,so had a 12 -13 year start on the 270.
It would have been silly for Winchester to bring out a .284 on the 30/06 case because the Brenneke already existed.
So it brought out a true 7mm instead and named it the 270 Winchester.
The 7x64 Brenneke is not the 280 Remington. 1) It is a European cartridge. 2) How many people in 1912 would have known it existed? 3) With the name Winchester so intrenched in Americana, how much traction would something with the name "Brenneke" get in a pre WW America?
