VH>JS>VH>PN> Uh, the .45 or '06 part?
VH>JS>VH>As Saint Townsend Whelan said "The .30-06 is never a mistake." :-)
VH>JS>Then why did he see it necessary to neck it up to .35"?  Or was he just
VH>JS>having a sandow moment?
VH>He didn't.  Some of his cohorts at Springfield were messing around and
VH>necked up the .30-06, and decided to call it the ".35 Whelen" --
VH>probably on the theory that the prestige of his name would help promote
VH>it.
Actually, I see a fair bit of reason to be messing around with the 30.06 
cartridge.  As long as you can get 30.06 brass, and assuming you have the 
propre dies to begin with, you'll always be able to get brass for your 
rifle, inlike, say, 30-40 Krag, which while not obscure, is probably not 
going to be stocked in some Montana fishing camp with a seasonal 
population of 12...  :-)
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