Can you even read? One post was regarding the 30-06 caliber the other was regarding weapons design. Public education at its finest.
Really, because below is your entire post and I see nothing mentioning the 30-06 cartridge. Besides that fact a firearm can not be designed with out regard to the cartridge it will be firing. When a firearm is designed its design must include cartridge design. No matter if it is a current cartridge or a completely new cartridge design.
Sounds like someone got suckered into buying one. I think they are perfect examples of marketing strategy for a failing company that didn't work. As for collector value, I don't think so. Save your pennies and buy a pre-64. WSSM's are as worthless as tits on a bull. All the world needs is another rifle cartridge. Springfield figured it out in 1906.
You might want to look into some of that public education that you mentioned. Never mind, I know it would take to much effort on your part so I will just educate you here publicly.
The M1903 rifle was originally designed to fire the 30-03 cartridge to compete with the small arms of other countries. The 30-03 did not produce the desired results with the heavy round nosed bullets and was redesigned to fire lighter weight spitzer bullets at higher velocities and named the 30-06. Both of the original designs (rifle and cartridge) were modified in 1906 to what we know today but the rifle did not get a name change like the cartridge did. They were both designed from the beginning (1903) to be the "assault rifle" and "assault cartridge" of the times and redesigned three years later (1906) before they got it right.
And if you want to get right down to it the 30-06 was originally designed in 1901... called the 30-01.
Again, a complete loss of credibility. The hole you're digging is just getting deeper and deeper.
Oh, and BTW, the 30-06 is not a caliber. It is a cartridge. It looks like more public education is in order. The number 30 is the caliber of the bullet that the 30-06 cartridge fires. It measures .308 inches in diameter. The numbers o6 refer to the year that the cartridge design was adopted by the United States Army.