Dr T
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Many years ago (like in the 1960's) when I was beginning to lust for my first REAL (i.e. not a 22 rimfire) rifle I began to ponder: Why (at that time) were there only two commercial cartridges using a 0.277" bullet: The 270 Winchester and the 270 Weatherby. There were lots of rifles using other bullet diameters in 6.5 mm (0.264") and 7 mm (0.284"), but only those two with 0.277. It seemed to me at the time (and still does) that for all practical purposes that the performance from 0.277" and 0.284" would be identical. Literally volumes have been written on the technical hairsplitting.
Was it something that was driven by a non-technical issue for advertising? Did "270 Winchester" roll so easily off the American tongue that Winchester thought it would sell better? Were the memories of the Great War so fresh that Winchester thought that using the same bullet as the 7 mm Mauser would be considered as some how traitorous and un-American?
Is there some other reason?
Was it something that was driven by a non-technical issue for advertising? Did "270 Winchester" roll so easily off the American tongue that Winchester thought it would sell better? Were the memories of the Great War so fresh that Winchester thought that using the same bullet as the 7 mm Mauser would be considered as some how traitorous and un-American?
Is there some other reason?