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The term started way back. Jack and Elmer were at a gun writer's convention. They both had been hitting the sauce at the dinner, and the stories were getting pretty tall. Finally Elmer could not take Jacks constant rambling about the 270 any longer. Elmer stood up and yelled at Jack, take that stupid little hat you wear and that gay rifle you always use and get the *!@K out of here. Elmer was the first to believe that the 270 is gay.
And you own and are proud of this story? The man who is supposed to have acted that way is an idol for many here? I hope the story isn't true, and I doubt it, but if it is, Elmer's lucky he wasn't spitting out teeth at some point from getting bashed in the mouth with the butt of a gay rifle by a man with a stupid little hat. He would’ve probable hired the guide to do it for him! 
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Ken, sorry, I forgot my manners .... That is a beautiful rifle! IMO, the Win. Featherweights....were the prettiest bolt guns ever manufactured !
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I gotta remember “I heard it on the internet, it’s got to be true”. Will spring that on wifey at perfect opportunity!
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Ken, is that the featherweight higrade model?
Beautiful rifle. Thanks Jack and Memtb.  Here is your answer Jack. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/2KlsCdx.jpg)
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It's not. The 270 is still the cartridge to which all others are compared. That's not the way I heard it, that claim belongs to the 30-06.
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It's not. The 270 is still the cartridge to which all others are compared. That's not the way I heard it, that claim belongs to the 30-06. +1 And I never owned on until a few years ago.....but I’m plenty old enough enough to know “what set the standard”!
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You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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Digital dan...was reading capstick not long ago and someone did shoot an elephant with a 270. Took the bullet out of the case and pushed it in backwards for sort of a solid and shot it in the forehead. Sounded like an emergency, guy had to pull the bullet with his teeth while one of his people was being confronted by the jumbo. Capstick wrote a lot from a bar stool...... And I would have loved to be on the one next to him.
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Storys true, I heard it on the internet. Perhaps a pirated excerpt from Keith's still-unpublished book, titled, "Hell, I Was An Ass Hole!". ..azzholes being the preferred target of gayz. Capstick wrote a lot from a bar stool...... excerpt quote] As I Remember Capstick By Tink Nathan "Peter told me of his amazing life....
In one of his books, Peter wrote that he had weekly letters from young Americans who aspired to become a
professional hunter in Africa. Peter said in print an American would have a better chance of winning the Victoria Cross
than to become a professional hunter in Africa....
...Peter was a giant of a man, with a heart as big as Africa, yet strong and straight as a new arrow. With out a doubt,
Peter was one of the finest, if not the finest writer of our age. A man who turned his back on fortune, the family Hathaway
shirt business, and went of into the jungles of Viet Nam to fight in freedoms name as a green beret officer,
an American special forces soldier, and to Africa to fulfill a childs dream. Peter, you did it all so bloody well too.
You never got a client killed, you never got tossed in jail and you never stepped on a mamba. You lived your life,
every seconds worth to THE MAX, and you were a gentleman the whole time. You were a mans man, a man that
women lionized, and you did America proud. You showed Africa just what could do when the chips were down.."
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Fan tum tastic Gee.
Would you tell me about the rifle in the top pic?
I really like its looks.
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Does that male the 270 WSM ![[Linked Image]](http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/DSCN3912.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/DSC04554.jpg) Uber-Gay? ![[Linked Image]](http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/Rifles/IMG_20921_zps35ca67df.jpg) Quien Sabe? GWB
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Fan tum tastic Gee.
Would you tell me about the rifle in the top pic?
I really like its looks.
Jerry That was a Remington 700 "C" Grade from their custom shop. One of the few I regret selling. Bought it cheap and sold it for filthy lucre during a period of financial embarrassment. Beautiful wood and one of the best triggers orf all the Remingtons I've owned. ya! GWB BTW, that was a "two-fer at +/- 170 yds with factory 140 gr. Cor-Lokts IIRC.
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Thnx Gee
Good lookin. ! !
JRS said , ‘’ little misses I’ve known ‘’. I bet all us loony’s have them regretters.
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So, I had a .270 when I was a Senior in High School.
I promptly sold it and joined the Marines.
Was I just compensating?
Sheesh...then in Boot Camp I had an M-16 locked onto the foot of my bunk. If the .270 is gay, the 5.56 is a Eunuch.
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Does that male the 270 WSM
Uber-Gay?
Quien Sabe?
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Yes it do...yo sabe....
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It would be a lot less gay if it were to be necked up to 30 cal.
Or .284
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Sheesh...then in Boot Camp I had an M-16 locked onto the foot of my bunk. If the .270 is gay, the 5.56 is a Eunuch.
, P O W , T H U N D E R !Being Down the R A I N ! !I wish I'd thot of that !!! Jerry
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Fan tum tastic Gee.
Would you tell me about the rifle in the top pic?
I really like its looks.
Jerry That was a Remington 700 "C" Grade from their custom shop. One of the few I regret selling. Bought it cheap and sold it for filthy lucre during a period of financial embarrassment. Beautiful wood and one of the best triggers orf all the Remingtons I've owned. ya! GWB BTW, that was a "two-fer at +/- 170 yds with factory 140 gr. Cor-Lokts IIRC. I noticed that gun too and it was a beauty, too bad you had to send it down the road.
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So, I had a .270 when I was a Senior in High School.
I promptly sold it and joined the Marines.
Was I just compensating?
Sheesh...then in Boot Camp I had an M-16 locked onto the foot of my bunk. If the .270 is gay, the 5.56 is a Eunuch. bet youd rather have that m-16 in a fire fight ...
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https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2017/12/6/opinion-why-i-hate-the-270/Could be titled "Why hate Bryce Towsley" Shot a deer on the point of the shoulder. Didn't recover it. Where is the proof it was hit on the point of the shoulder? This guy really needs to find a new hobby.
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