Or how a 270 has improved over the years.. Bullets and powder sure, the round?
Well, IF the bullets have improved and..
the powders have improved......
how could the performance of the cartridge NOT improve ?
Jerry
I believe it has improved as a cartridge, due to improved powders and bullets....just not to the extent that other non .277" cartridges have.
I never thought about it before, but Boddington's statement: "It doesn’t win long-range matches, not because it couldn’t, but because it’s never been asked to. And since it hasn’t been asked, the bullet choices to make it a contender don’t exist", is pretty thought provoking. If bullet manufactures would produce high quality, high B/C .277" bullets, I'll bet the .270 Win would improve a LOT more, just like every other round has with better bullets. It is still a long action though, so the velocity to powder capacity ratio handicaps it compared to .308 and .223 based rounds, if efficiency is important to a person.
