If JOC had shot the 7x57 enough instead of handing it off to Eleanor, you'd have never heard of the .270....
Ingwe: That Russ Leonard 7x57 was not his first....he had one stocked by (IIRC) Adolph Minar....used it and a 30/06 for most of his hunting for a few years before he got his second 270 to replace the original M54 he had.He really seems to have liked the 7x57,30/06,and 270 equally well....
If either of these two subject cartridges is a "cult" cartridge,it's the 25/06;on here.
In travel, I see lots of 270's in use in camps here and out west,up north....I see few 25/06's....it's a good cartridge,but I see few people carrying one.In any rationale evaluation, it is not the BG cartridge the 270 has proven itself to be....worldwide.
