The .270 is a great round. One of the best all around calibers ever.
With that in mind, I want to say a couple of things about the 25-06.
A while back, a good friend wanted me to build him a light weight rifle for white tail hunting from tree stands.
He was absolutely nuts about the .257 Roberts Improved, and wanted a short action bolt gun in that caliber. He was convinced that the .257 Roberts Improved had magical powers, and could not live without one any longer.
As I had none of those laying around, and he was in a big hurry to get it for a hunt about two weeks later, I sent him a light weight short action in 25-06 instead.
Same bullet size, more zip in the round when it goes BANG by far.
The short action I sent was a Ruger #1 that I had redone with a lighter barrel and a lightened, bedded stock. It mounted a Leupold Vari-X II 3-9 power scope.
The trigger broke at a crisp two pounds.
I sent a nice letter along with it, explaining that I would loan him this fine rifle, but wanted it back after he got his .257 Roberts. I explained that the rifle was dear to me, and that I expected him to take good care of it. (This last bit was just to tweak him a bit, as he was very anal retentive about gun care.)
I sent a box of 100 tailored handloads along with it that usually printed about 3/8" at 100 yards, and a sample target.
I put the whole thing in a wooden crate with about 100 screws in the lid, just to make him even more batty.
He was really mad at me by the time he opened the box and saw the rifle. He called immediately. I expected this.
Joe: "A single shot? Why the heck did you send me a single shot? I am not a beginner here, ya know! I asked for a bolt gun! With a magazine! And all of those screws! It took me about an hour to get them all out of the lid! You are a SICK person! 25-06? What the heck is that? It sure as hell ain't a .257 Roberts by God...Rant, rant, grumble, etc."
I asked, "Uh, How long have you been hunting, Joe?"
Joe: "Only about 45 freaking years!"
Me: "How many times have you had to shoot a deer twice?"
Joe: "Never!"
Me: "So, why NOT a single shot rifle? It is lighter than the bolt gun you wanted, and has more reach and power. Try it, and tell me what you think."
I hung up in the middle of his next tirade.
With no other alternatives left to him, he tried it at the range, and was impressed with the accuracy and modest recoil.
Then, he took it hunting.
He shot a whitetail in the neck at about 90 yards out of a tree stand on the edge of a big grassy peanut field laying fallow.
He called me that afternoon from a diner in the small burg he was hunting near.
Joe: "That thing is a damned death ray!
I never saw ANY animal drop so fast. It was down before I had recovered from the recoil! I thought it had run off, and was cursing you up a blue streak, but when I went to find sign, I found the deer dead in it's tracks, laying in the tall grass. It hadn't even taken a step!"
Me: (Tongue firmly in cheek)"How many times did you have to shoot it?"
Joe: "Once! Forget about that Roberts thing, and I am keeping this rifle. Make yourself another one! Bye."
I never saw the rife again, except in pictures that Joe sent of the fine Georgia whitetails he bagged with it every season.
Sigh.