Seattlesetters-I must disagree about your assessment of the 7mmstw' s recoil and it' s accuracy.My own rifles are just over nine pounds with scope and have decellerators on mcmillan stocks and recoil is quite manageable.I have fired a lightweight 270 weatherby and found the recoil to be not much less than that of my stw' s.As to the accuracy issue I have no problems averaging 1/2" groups at 100 yards with either of my stw' s and I know of a few owners of sendero' s in 7mmstw that find them to be their most accurate rifle.No 270wby magnum will deliver 3500fps with 140gr uncoated bullets with a 26" barrel like my stw' s will.Granted many people do not have the shooting skills to take advantage of the super flat trajectory but for those that can the 7mmstw is superior to the 270wby.In any case the 270 wby will do nothing that his 7mmstw can' t.In fact a non handloader would be far better off with a 7mm rem mag than 270 wby as recoil is the same and 7mm rem factory loads are much cheaper and come in many more loadings.