I love to play around with other cartridges, and in doing so, I have sadly neglected my 270. I have a ton of powder, brass, and bullets for my reloading purposes. To be honest about it, I could get rid of most all of it, except for a few pounds of H4831, a few boxes of 130 grain bullets, and never look back. JOC was right about the 270. It will do everything I need a centerfire cartridge to do.
I agree with you. I neglected the 270 because it was too common, too easy, and I wanted to do things differently. I was shooting the 256 Newton and 7x57 in lieu of the 270 because they were different and I had to reload in order to maximize those cartridges' potentials while my friends could just shoot factory ammo.
I was reading the book "Letters From Elmer Keith" the other day and EK was, as usual, totally negative toward the 270 as a cartridge for shooting elk. I was amazed by the rude language that he used when writing about JOC and other writers whose views were in conflict with his views.
