Weatherby not in WW2?

[Clackamas Jack]

I was doing some reading on Weatherby cartridges and noticed that Roy's first cartridge he designed was the 270 Weatherby Mag in 1943. I know he designed the legendary 300 Weatherby Mag in 1944. The one thing that confuses me is at the peak of WW2 Roy was designing cartridges but it appears he wasn't in the service? It seems odd that Weatherby had the resources and time to design his cartridges and in 1945 come out the gates with Weatherby Inc producing rifles when the world was at war and Americans were generally all supporting the war effort in some way. What are your thoughts?

 

[cowadle]

Roy would have been 31 years old at the beginning of ww2.

 

[Clackamas Jack]

The avg age for a US WW2 recruit was 26 years old. Hundreds of thousands of service members joined the war over the age if 30.

 

[Equus]

The avg age for a US WW2 recruit was 26 years old. Hundreds of thousands of service members joined the war over the age if 30.

Of every man cleared for military service in WW2, 2 were disqualified

 

[Firpo]

Who knows why he wasn’t. I know for myself, you’d never know anything was “wrong” with me physically by looking but I was born with just one kidney and a few other minor birth defects however the USMC didn’t want to have anything to do with me….in 1985. Even wrote my US Congressman (Dannemeyer) who in turn wrote the head medical officer of the USN, still have the letter somewhere. In any event I was given a kind and decisive No Way in Hell!

 

[Shadowrider]

Of every man cleared for military service in WW2, 2 were disqualified

No they weren't. My grandfather couldn't pass the physical at induction due to a previously broken foot. Car had ran over it while he was horsing around with his cousins. I never knew it to hinder him in any way but they kicked him out.

 

[cowadle]

george gobel was a flight instructor stationed at tulsa during ww2. he said that no japanese fighter ever attacked tulsa while he was on duty.

 

[Equus]

No they weren't. My grandfather couldn't pass the physical at induction due to a previously broken foot. Car had ran over it while he was horsing around with his cousins. I never knew it to hinder him in any way but they kicked him out.

So how does your grandfather getting kicked out make the fact that 2 of 3 potential inductees during WW2 were rejected for service?

 

[Shadowrider]

So how does your grandfather getting kicked out make the fact that 2 of 3 potential inductees during WW2 were rejected for service?

My bad... Reading comprehension fail on my part.

 

[Johnny]

He was an insurance salesman when he started the Weatherby Company. Almost all sources gloss over the period from birth to 1945. So who knows.