I don't know if he owned a .270 but he wrote about them and the .375 a lot. Being young and tending to follow all the gun writers expert advise I took a .270 to Alaska and almost became bear scat. Now I understand gun writers write in part to generate interest in new gun sales or new calibers. Back then I though they were passing on sage wisdom. Yeah (I) we were very trusting back then.

One of his often printed points was the value of short barrel shotguns. He help sell a lot of 26" guns which are dead wood in today's used gun market.