Well, I may as well contribute to help this get to 10 pages. The .270 and .30-06 just don't hold much appeal to me because they are so common. Obviously they are common because they are good, versatile cartridges that are highly deadly within the effective range of most hunters and don't beat you to death with recoil.
I loved my .280 and would like another if I had to choose a standard length mid power cartridge for deer. And I'd rather an 8mm-06, 8x57, .338-06, .25-06, 6.5-06, .308, 7.65x53, .303 and a bunch of other stuff in that power range before building a .30-06 or .270. But if I fell in love with a rifle that just so happened to be chambered in .270 or .30-06, I'd still buy the gun, but I'd AI it, just because.
