Curtis it's all speculation on my part....
The 270 just started life as a hunting cartridge and it appears that is the way it will stay, I guess.....(?)
But,there is this......
"........When testing bullets in the new case(6.8SPC),it became obvious that while those of 6.5mm were a bit more accurate than 7mm bullets, the latter did more damage to targets at 500 meters and beyond.Then its' developers discovered that 270 bullets shot about as flat and with about as much accuracy as 6.5 bullets and delivered about as much downrange punch as 7mm bullets...."
November/December Rifle Shooter article by Layne Simpson reporting on the development of the 6.8 SPC Project headed up by Master Sargeant Steve Holland of the 5th Special Forces Group, Chris Murray of the US Army Marksmanship Unit,and Chief Ballstic Technician Troy Lawton.......
Mmmmm..........
Might be goring some sacred cows here.......
