A Question About a bullet's performance

[pmulcahy11b]

I've never fired a .270 Winchester rifle. But the reason I ask is due to conflicting reports in the press about it's long-range accuracy and flat trajectory, and others in the press who decry it as a useful hunting round compared to others.

It's case is loooong -- as long as many magnum rounds. It's also narrow. It has a decent powder charge, but not much more than many other hunting rounds -- makes you wonder what they are loading in that case. The velocities of most loadings are comparable to other similar hunting rounds, but they are pretty fast velocities pushing a long boattailed bullet that is not that heavy.

It makes me a little confused. Sure none of you have experience with the .270?