ORIGINAL: bigbulls

Actually Hunter4life, there is only .007 inches (7 thousandths rather than 7 hundredths) between the two.

To be honest, if it were my delema between a 7mm and a .270 magnum they both would be in the WSM configuration. I have no use for a belted bottleneck case. The belt is useless and only takes up magazine space when that space could be used for either another round or extra case capasiity.

Now between the two bullet diameters I would choose the .270 over the 7mm. simply because it will do anything the 7mm will do but isn't so close to the 300 magnum to group the cartridges into one lump. I prefer to spread out the calibers a little until I get a wide range of power then I can start filling in the gaps with more similar calibers.