Thread: .270 is the best caliber ever made.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

I'd say 6.5-284 took most of it's thunder.
The worldwide trend has been towards short action cartridges, either short magnums or just shorter, fatter, less tapered cases.

For the most part you can get near 6mm/6.5mm/7mm - 06 performance from a short action cartridge without going to a magnum.

3006 and 270 only remain popular because there are so many rifles already in existence.
No manufacturer would release a new cartridge of that design today.

Actually Winchester probably would.

On a side note the 6.5 .284 has a horribly short neck

Originally Posted by Kelton

On a side note the 6.5 .284 has a horribly short neck

But it’s long enough.

But to get the most out of it you want the long action.

Just can’t understand the phobia on carrying a long action.


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Originally Posted by Dicko

But it’s long enough.

But to get the most out of it you want the long action.

Just can’t understand the phobia on carrying a long action.


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Especially not when nearly everyone has a Tikka, as mentioned earlier. and the biggest issue with the new long heavy projectiles is mag length.

There is one piece of modern tech that I really like and is a real positive. Carbon stocks. In perceived portability, way more important than length of action and barrel, is weight.