stagpanther
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I got to spend a bit more time with my friend's 6.8 Western rifle; it's one of the few new commercial cartridges to come along that I think really is a winner and has a viable and useful niche. I have a model 70 in 270 WSM--I've read a couple of reviews that said "The 6.8 Western is what the 270 WSM should have been" and I think that's a perfect way to describe it. I thought at first the 270WSM was not under threat--but now I see no real compelling reason for rifle manufacturers to stick with it given the clear superiority of the 6.8 Western.