Hello Bob,
thank you for taking the time to even answer my nonsense above.
You are quite correct - my comments were TIC.
Its an old saw, that one. Someone tries to rile up the Poobah by mentioning the .270 Winchester - he/she will then be attested to have "caught the gay". While any real man would only consider the 7x57. Instant recognition of your panache, savoir faire, manhood in general...
The core of the joke is - just like you point out, the "closeness" of the two.
6,5x55 SE vs. 260 Rem, anyone?
Also - and put in for just that reason, I realize, that leaving you to your own devices, sees you well situated and content, resting on a mountain of experience - a man not only grazed with such, but also willing and able to learn from it.
Best wishes.
And this post was not TIC.
Where do .270 Shooters live? In Gaynsville...
Ready it is hard from a distance,sometimes , to tell the barbs from the TIC posts....I am still not good at it. Tom(Ingwe) and I do some back and forth banter on the 270 and the 7x57 for chuckles and to get a rise ot of each other.
In truth, I am very fond of the 270....and the 280...and the 7x57...and the 30/06...and the 7/08.....anything really in that power range.I'll gladly hunt with any of them.
