RE: .270 or 7mm-08?
7/08 is the new kid on the block and a good cartridge. The 270 is older than me and won't get many "Oooohs and Ahaaas" when you show off your new gun. But the 270 is also legendary in its performance and has earned a place with the few "immortal" cartridges man has ever designed. If you want speed, flat trajectory, easily managable recoil and excellent results on almost everything with hooves world wide...get a 270. They didn't win their superlative place in firearms history because there was no competition for the honor. I love mine and find it the easiest rifle to shoot good of anything I've ever had.