Here is a relatively early Townsend Whelen book (1909), with many references to the Krag rifle, titled "Suggestions To Military Riflemen". The Krag received nearly equal press as the 1903 Springfield due to the Krag at that time was still being used by the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Philippine Constabulary and military schools.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Suggestions_to_Military_Riflemen/TphJAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=krag+jorgensen+windage&pg=PA239&printsec=frontcover
1909 Townsend Whelen Book
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Re: 1909 Townsend Whelen Book
Whelen 'cut his teeth' target shooting with the Krag.
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Re: 1909 Townsend Whelen Book
So how do you pronounce the good Colonel's last name and the cartridge named after him?
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Re: 1909 Townsend Whelen Book
In SE Michigan, "Whale-Inn" ... I believe.
Re: 1909 Townsend Whelen Book
Right or wrong, and I have heard others pronounce this way, I pronounce it the same way as Waylon Jennings pronounced his name.
Re: 1909 Townsend Whelen Book
There are a lot of threads on various forums about the pronunciation. Two posts on different forums both state how Townsend pronounced it and both are different, lol!.
Whee-lin
Wh-laylin
According to wikipedia his friends called him Townie.....James Howe naming it 35 Townie would have eliminated all the confusion.
Whee-lin
Wh-laylin
According to wikipedia his friends called him Townie.....James Howe naming it 35 Townie would have eliminated all the confusion.
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Re: 1909 Townsend Whelen Book
"Waylon" works for me ... sling, cartridge, the man.
How do you pronounce "Knute"? (Newt, Ka nute)?
Chassepot, Dreyse, Garand, Mannlicher-Schoenauer, Krag-Jorgensen, Farquharson, Mosin-Nagant, Bethier? ... dang! (Spell-Check doesn't like any of them).
How do you pronounce "Knute"? (Newt, Ka nute)?
Chassepot, Dreyse, Garand, Mannlicher-Schoenauer, Krag-Jorgensen, Farquharson, Mosin-Nagant, Bethier? ... dang! (Spell-Check doesn't like any of them).
Re: 1909 Townsend Whelen Book
Ka-newt. You know, like the phrase:
Did you ka-nock your ka-nee on the door ka-nob?
Did you ka-nock your ka-nee on the door ka-nob?