I see what you are saying. I guess it’s all marketing. The .270 is pretty crowded already so don’t see an issue with 6.8 personally but again it’s just marketing. As a retired Command Sergeant Major I’m a fan of the metric system and wish we would use it more lol.
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Don’t know if anyone is interested but a pic of the different cartridges. I added the 7mm Rem Mag as the only LA as there seems to be a lot of comparison. .300 WSM, 7mm Rem Mag, 6.8 western, .270 WSM, 6.5 PRC, 6.5 CM
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Call me crazy but I just ordered a case of the 6.8 Western in 165gs ABLR. I’ve been waiting on a 6.8/.270 or 7mm/.284 short action with the longer throat and faster twist. I almost pulled the trigger on the 6.5 PRC but couldn’t find components much less cartridges. Glad I didn’t. Who knew we’d...