Whelen, Townsend

Townsend Whelen (* 6. März 1877; † 23. Dezember 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri), Berufssoldat und Fachbuchautor, amerikanischer Waffenexperte.
Veröffentlichte eine vielzahl von Artikel in Field & Stream, Sport Outdoor, Outdoor Life, The American Rifleman, und Guns & Ammo.
James Howe benannte seine .35 Whelen nach ihm.

Kaliber

• .25 Whelen
• .38 Whelen
• .400 Whelen

Werke

• American Big Game Shooting.
• Big Game Hunting.
• Hunting Big Game V1. An Anthology of True and Thrilling Adventures. Africa and Asia.
• Hunting Big Game V2. An Anthology of True and Thrilling Adventures. The Americas.
• Handbook on Small Bore Rifle Shooting. Equipment, Marksmanship, Target Shooting, Practical Shooting, Rifle Ranges, Rifle Clubs.
• The New Way of the Wilderness. The Classic Guide to Survival in the Wild.
• The Hunting Rifle. Design, Selection, Ballistics, Marksmanship.
• The American Rifle. A Treatise, a Text Book, and a Book of Practical Information in the Use of the Rifle. 1918
• Wilderness Hunting and Wildcraft. With Notes on the Habits and Life Histories of Big Game Animals.
• The Ultimate in Rifle Precision. Covering Bench Rest, Target, Varmint and Hunting Rifles, Their Ammunition and Their Use.
• Why Not Load Your Own?

Artikel

• Give your Rifle the Rest. In: Guns Magazine, Nov. 1958, S. 20ff.

Weitere Informationen

• Wikipedia - Townsend Whelen (eng. abgerufen am 01.10.2015)