Sometimes it was to be fancy, I was a early adopter of the 204 ruger.
Sometimes it is in reaction to another cartridge, When it was time for a "kids" rifle I went 7-08 due to some bad experience with a 243.
Sometimes it is all the store had, I wanted a stevens 200 in 7-08 for a deer gun ( I was tired of my 338wm blowing big holes in things. But Russlles (at the time) did not have any , so I bought a 270 instead figuring it was not a magnum and a 270 is just fine for a deer gun. With no regrets oddly.
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