Thread: Its just my humble opinion.

Welcome mate.

I have pretty much the same rifle - Model 70 XTR Featherweight in .270. I also have a synthetic Rem 700 in .308. Despite them being ballistically pretty similar (wait for it...) the .270 was my first rifle, and much prefer carrying it round than the .308. Being light, mine has a bit of a boot, but there's just something about timber and blued steel. Don't think twice, buy it. You can always sell it if it's not your thing.

Prepare yourself for a large proportion of the advice you're about to receive to be that you MUST buy a synthetic + stainless Sako or Tikka in any number of chamberings other than the one you just said you wanted.

PS. When you say "change with the times", a .270 with a timber stock is hardly outdated.