LOL.
Gotta say though, I'm struggling to understand how one of the most uniquely and purely American Cartridge is "gay"... guess it takes one to know one.
Brad, I don't have one now and have pretty much pared down the safe contents commensurate with my philosophy of not leaving this globe with a pile of stuff my wife must deal with. I'm a "niche but overlap" guy - I see a specific application for each piece I have with some overlap to another above or below the primary.
That said, I am fond of the 270. When younger I was always one to try the next thing, the next drainage, the next cartridge and generally go bigger. I had the 270 in those years and if there is a better all-purpose small to medium big game cartridge I don't know what it'd be. And now as with most of them, it's even better with the designer bullets, better barrels, etc.
That Rem BDL in 270 became a 7mm RM, a 300 Win Mag, a 338, and a 340 B - I finally stopped there with that rifle. Though in various forms that platform did account for serious amounts of ungulate protein over the years.
But in truth, if I were to build one last time, a lightweight, svelte, all-purpose and well-balanced rifle/cartridge combination, the 270 would be in the top three I would consider.
