6.5 grendel kill on Idaho Rockchucks

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longdayjake

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This is the very first kill with my 20" double star 6.5 grendel. It was only about 50 yards away and I still just managed to barely cut his throat enough for him to bleed out. I'm still getting used to the two stage rock river trigger I put in it.

One of the biggest rock chucks I've ever shot. It was stretched out trying to climb a big rock so I took a neck shot.

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Nice shooting with your new gun.

I thought they went back to sleep by now. Haven't seen any in a while.

Do you have something different over on the eastern end of the state?
 
I have seen less of them but they are still out early in the mornings and late in the afternoons. They don't move at all though so you have to do a lot of glassing. The only reason I saw this one was because a bird flew by it and and it caught my attention long enough to look through my scope at it.
 
Its been a long time cince ive seen a rock chuck. we used to shootem off the snake river between Burley and TwinFalls we used 10-22 and 270s and 06s lots of fun..
 
jake, great job and nice looking rifle; I wonder if you know how much your rifle WEIGHS, unloaded, without the bipod? Just out of curiosity.
 
Ill have to check on the weight when I get a chance. I can tell you that its a lot heavier than my rock river midlength .223. The barrel on this one is like 2" thick all the way until you get to the gas block. I kind of wish that I had put the a2 stock on it because the carbine stock is a little short and light. It is kind of unballanced.
 
Nice. Ive been looking for places to find some chucks. ground squirrels just arent doing it for me. My buddy saw quite a few near Hagerman so im thinking of heading out that way.

I use my Savage 10FP .308 and use 110gr. Vmax. There isnt much left on a whistle pig, so im curious as to what it would do on a rock chuck
 
The ground squirrels here just aren't in the numbers they used to be. I have seen one this year. Its good for the farmers and stuff but I have yet to even feel the desire to hunt them because it would be a huge waste of time.
 
jake, great job and nice looking rifle; I wonder if you know how much your rifle WEIGHS, unloaded, without the bipod? Just out of curiosity.
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With the scope it weighs a total of 8.8 lbs.
 
Whistle pigs?

Just the right thing for walking around with a scoped Marlin 60, not a centerfire.:) Good practice for field shooting.
 
Eating them might sound nasty, but apparently the native american population around here thinks theyre great. I am not brave or strong stomached enough to stand the stink of skinning and gutting them. They are GROSS!!!!
 
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