As I remember some of his articles, he was fond of the .270 as well, using it as a varmint rifle from time to time.
The 270 was one of my favorite for long range groundhog hunting. I built one just for this purpose. I use a full bull Douglass SS 27 inch barrel, Remington Short 700 action made into a single shot, two oz 40 X Trigger with a straight Leupold 16 power scope, the rifle weight was around 15 lb's but dam it would shoot five shot into a clover leaf , group after group with the Hornady 110 gr HP and IMR 4350, many a hog went to the big clover patch in the sky because of this rifle.
