^^^^^….except the US Army just jumped on the .277 bore size. In the future, will the 308 be an ‘outlier’, with the 264 going back to obscurity?
NONE of the new, ‘cool’ cartridges was on any new bore size, and most drug an obscure one into the ‘mainstream’, or attempted to. Maybe it filters to the 270 Win, or maybe it doesn’t….but I’m betting there’s some movement towards ‘insider’ with the .277 bore (in general), if things stand.
If all else is equal, the 270 CAN provide equivalent or better performance for most ANY requirement one can dream up for a medium game hunting cartridge…even lower recoil, if that’s what you need. A 5# rifle isn’t the best rig for game over 400, and there’s not too much dif in recoil with 7-8# rifles in comparable chamberings, anyway.
