No, he had not gained his full stature as a hunting and gun writer in 1925, But he was for the most part the main source of the .270 popular trends, and causing people to want a flatter shooting caliber. This was during a time when other mainstream writers were actually against the .270. He was a sort of Husband of the .270 exposing it's truths to the popular opposition. Causing us the public to want similar experiences.
I was being a bit silly and you must not have read much Whelen stuff.
