First of all, let me say that I am thoroughly enjoying this thread.
I appreciate the input from those much closer not only to JOC but his family.
Also thanks to those who live close enuff OR who have made the trip to the museum.
Back in his day the .270 Winchester was, to a certain extent, a really radical change from the conventions of the day. I have several shelves full of gun magazines and books going back to before 1900,
>>>> and in many ways the .270 was the 6.5 Creedmoor of its day. <<<<
He was also among the first gun writers to experience and write about the advantages of the Nosler Partition, and various other innovations, when other gun writers did not.
I suspect Jack O'Connor, being a journalist (who therefore felt it necessary to try a lot of stuff as part of his job) would today try the 6.5 Creedmoor, along with other new cartridges--and rifles, scopes and bullets.
M D, I can see the comparison and contrast of the 270 THEN and the C M now.
I certainly don't know * how far * JOC would have taken the C M but I feel sure he would have examined and experimented with it.
Now......whether he would have deviated from 'perfection', I don't know.
Jerry
