The .270 and 7mm Weatherby magnums are likely the best of the Weatherby's because they offer more bullet weight and barrel life than the .257 though they can duplicate its competence with lighter bullets and offer less recoil than the .300 and .340's making them more user friendly for the masses and also, still capable of taking all but the most dangerous of game under the most undesirable of circumstances.
John
That's how I see it too. You could make a good case for the 340 Wby as a dedicated grizzly/brown bear gun just like Bob Hagel did. That is the only other one I have considered at all.
My 7mm Wby. was always very consistent over the chronograph, a vary tractable cartridge to load. Not squirrelly at all.
I always thought of it as being just as good as the 300 Wby but having a lot less recoil. A 7mm 175 gr Partition at over 3000 fps is going to be a real thumper, no flies on the 160's either.
