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Having played with the .270 as well as my beloved '06, I'd say that the .270 is too much like the '06 to justify having both. I think that the .25-'06 would be more "in the middle". It would be a better varmint gun than the '06, and a better deer/antelope gun than the .223.
You'd do well to go to a loading book and check out choices of bullets, ballistic coefficients, and comparative velocities for the various cartridges. It'll help when making these judgements.
FWIW, there are a lot of cartridges which are not "popular" but which perform just as well as the latest "trick" goodie. Many of the cartridges of 40-75 years ago will work quite well if used in modern steel with modern powders and bullets.
Just as an example, in a bolt action rifle, the .300 Savage is just as good as a .308 for hunting. In the early days of the .308, when they measured chamber pressures in psi, it was loaded to 53,000. With factory loads in the '06 limited to 47,000 psi, the .308 looked just as good. When you load the '06 up to 53,000 psi, it's a "whole 'nother game". And so it goes. The point is that there are lots of cartridges in the 6mm to 6.5mm range that work well.
Have fun, Art
[This message has been edited by Art Eatman (edited June 15, 2000).]
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