Originally Posted by
35remington
I'd say it's a little UNAmerican to dislike a .270, which is very similar to cartridges that others somehow "like." If your coworkers "lived by" their .270's that must have been because it did very well by them.
To proselytize a .280 is greatly superior is just plain silly. The .270 was first and the general public quite correctly regards it as so similar to the .270 that they don't buy a .280 in preference to it...they buy what is equivalent and commonly available. Which is the .270.
You might actually dislike the .270 for some reason but there's no sense doing so when a "liked" cartridge shows no real benefit over the disliked one.
A pleasing recent trend is factory rifles standard with 24 inch barrels. A .270 can take advantage of the length increase despite what David Petzal says.