Thread: .270 is the best caliber ever made.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings all,
Back in the 1970's I bought my first new rifle. It came down to a choice between a Rem 700 in .308 and a .270 in .270. I knew next to nothing about cartridges. The price for the .308 was $243.00 and the .270 was $275.00 I chose the .308 on price alone and it is still here. Somehow a .270 has never managed to find its way into my gun cupboard and likely never will. My favourite hunting rifle is my seldom used 6.5x55 T3. It is loaded with the Hornady 129 grain SST at 2,820 fps, a sub max load. 2,860 fps should be possible which is almost as good as the.............. Oh dear never mind.
GPM.

A peculiarity about the 308 during the 60's and 70's (not sure of the exact period) was that the rifles and ammo in that caliber were exempt of sales tax. So they were a cheaper option.
This was because CAC made the 308 ammo here in NZ (that and 303). Later CAC started making .270 (firstly branded for the Forest Service) and .243 ammo and the sales tax went back on.

Originally Posted by Tahr

A peculiarity about the 308 during the 60's and 70's (not sure of the exact period) was that the rifles and ammo in that caliber were exempt of sales tax. So they were a cheaper option.
This was because CAC made the 308 ammo here in NZ (that and 303). Later CAC started making .270 (firstly branded for the Forest Service) and .243 ammo and the sales tax went back on.

I suspect that this was the difference in price for the rifle. The dealer threw in two boxes of cartridges.