The 270 was my first centerfire hunting rifle, thanks to JOC. Keith hooked me on the big bores of one kind or another, as did Boddington. As a kid in the '60s I read the old Weatherby guide books and loved all things Weatherby, eventually owning rifles in about all of their cartridges. Seyfried made me want to build a 33 G&A and eventually I succumbed to Warren Page and the 7mm Mashburn.