E4E,<BR>You got it all wrong; the 270 came after the 30-06 and is really the improved version. The best thing that was ever done to this case was necking it down to 28, 27, and 25 calibers. I can be gutting my deer while the -06 hunter is still waiting for his bullet to arrive on target and praying that no puff of air will blow it off course.