Yes they are handy shinbone!! I have two Mannlicher/Schoenauers, a 1903 in 6.5 X 54 and a 1908 in 8 X 56 and both are....simply a delight to carry and use. Both their barrels are even shorter than yours but, I don't know if I'd want any less in a 270. The two Mannlicher cartridges are pretty mild by comparison.
Yours appears that the fore stock wood is well done!! So many leave enough wood in the fore arm to have made a baseball bat. My stutzen stocked CZ, 22LR is like that. Pretty from a distance but enough wood in the forearm to use for a baseball bat.
