[headstamp]

Nice article.

"However, this can be overcome quite simply by the introduction of a new .270 cartridge using the 7.62x51 (.308 Winchester) case."


I see we are back to the 7mm Mauser.(grin) or it's modern incarnation, the 7mm/08.

[ghostcat]

Yep. funny how history seems to repeat itself. If I remember correctly the U.S. Military had planned to go with a 270 caliber sometime after WWI but weren't able too because of the cost and the huge stockpile of 30-06 left in inventory at the close of WWI. In fact according to Julian Hatcher, the M1 rifle was originally designed for that caliber.

[ghostcat]

Thank you all for your input, it has been interesting and informative.

[rightupnorth]

i hunt with that very caliber. i have a remington 7mm -08.
great gun! first kill with it was a shot across a gulley in Wyoming - 350 yards and dropped where he stood, nice little 3x3 muley.

anyway, i love that caliber.