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WhistlePig's habitat
is primarily arid desert burrowing in grassland hills and sagebrush.
Each adult digs two burrows—a small one in the feeding area,
evidently used as an escape hatch if predators approach, and a much
bigger home burrow that is at least 50 feet (15 m) long and up to 6
feet (2 m) deep. During
the spring-time of the year when the young are abroad and half-grown,
they tend to be active, scurrying about between their auxiliary
burrows and feeding on green plants.
The adults are also known to be carnivorous, eating their young
and road kills. One
litter is produced per year, with 6 to 10 pups per litter.
To a rancher with livestock or horses, the borrows can cause
serious injury. Sportsmen
have been encouraged to eradicate them.
The design of the barrel was created at a machine shop that
produced high quality aluminum parts for the high-tech industry.
In our spare time, we used ®Ruger10/22 rifles
to assist a local rancher in eradicating the ground squirrels.
The concept was to manufacture a lightweight, high quality aluminum
barrel for the 10/22 rifle that provides a better balanced-handling rifle and
consistent accuracy .
After a few revisions, local demand for these barrels
began to grow. Eventually, the concept to start up a company and
make these barrels available to ®Ruger10/22 gun
enthusiasts became a reality, hence the name WhistlePig GunBarrel
Company.
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