270/08 would be doable, but kind of expensive in the long run. Finding a gunsmith that has the reamer you need may take some work. Or you can buy the reamer yourself, kinda costly and not much return on investment. Then there's reloading dies. Full custom, and also costly. Loading data? You're starting from scratch. To me it would be far easier to convince her to go 7/08 or 260 and take the money you save by not going the 270 route and buy her lots of ammo or upgrade her glass. But if she truly insists on a 270 caliber cartridge, I'd go with a small shank 270 WSM and load it down to comfortable levels for her to shoot. As she gets more comfortable with it, you can turn up the heat some. You should be able to pick up a 270 WSM takeoff for less than $100, and turning it down to a small shank and rethreading shouldn't cost more than $100. The WSM's will feed out of the standard 243/308 magazine - providing you're working with a centerfeed action, and a quick bolt face swap should have you up and running in no time.
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