Now days that's a crock. I have both a .270 and a .280 and I'm here to tell you that you can get plenty of good bullets for the . 270 as well. Back 20-30 years ago this was more true, but even then, the 100, 110, 130, and 150 grain covered everything you would want to shoot with that class of rifle very nicely. The only thing the .280 has over the .270 in bullets is target bullets. For whatever reason, the bullet manufactures have by passed the .270 with regards to target bullets. But the .270 is just as inherently accurate as the .270 with equal bullets. And now you can get 160s and upwards to 180 grain bullets for the .270, so for a hunting rifle or even an informal target rifle, it gives up nothing to the .280.