I love shooting different calibers, and working up loads for them. That's why I haven't killed a deer with my 270 in a good many years. But, if I ever start thinning the herd, and get down to the bare bones, so to speak, my Remington 700 Classic 270 will be one of the last ones I'll have. I bought it the first year the Classic came out, back in the 70's. I've killed a truck load of whitetails with it, and if I'm ever lucky enough to draw a Kentucky elk tag, it will be the rifle I use. I've used several cartridges over the years.....6.5X55, 6.5CM, 7X57,308, 6.8SPC.....that are similar sized, and while they all work and shoot just fine, if push came to shove, I'd pick the 270 over them all. It just flat works, and has for almost a 100 years now. Just think about it, since 1925, no one has come up with a cartridge that's been able to knock the 270 off it's throne as the ideal long range cartridge for deer sized animals. It's still the one to which others are compared.
