I grew up reading Jack O'Connor's words on the 270 and always wanted one. Somehow that never happened, mostly because circumstances contrived to steer me into the 6.5x55. I am maverick enough that I like the "WTF is a 6.5 Swede??????????" when people see what I shoot. Mine's a Ruger 77 MK II. The older I get the less inclined I become to shoot anything else.
As far as I can see, put a good 140 from a Swede and a good 150 from a 270 in the same place on the same animal at the same range and angle and the results will be the same.
I think it an analogous arguement to the endless 308 vs 30-06 comparisons. Again, same bullet in the same place from the same range on the same animal, and the same result.
Long live both of them.
