Otis, I don't hate the 270WSM anymore than I dislike any other 270 round. What I do dislike is all the hype the WSM cartridges are getting and the flat out creative ballistics that Winchester is releasing. It is already being said of the 300WSM that the velocities Winchester's factory load data quoted can not be reproduced out of any factory rifle using accepted pressures. I am sure the same will hold true for the rest of the WSMs. Creative marketing is one thing, dishonesty is something else. Out of all the WSMs I think the 270WSM may have the hardest time carving out a niche for itself. One, lack of bullet selection, two, Jack O' Conner isn't around to make it sound like God's gift to shooters.

BTW, I in no way feel my current choices for rifles are in any way inferior to the WSMs. On the contrary, I would put my 300 Win Mag up against the 300 WSM any day.