Ua26fitter
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Find something else or biuld something. Not hard to do for what CA charges and the risk of a dud.
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Love the rifle, but scared of the company?? lol
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Jim’s Hunt
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My opinion is stay away from it. I've heard from fellow shooters the problems they had with them and had a hard time sending them back. Plus our club rifle range open to the public before big game rifle seasons and Christensen rifles don't impress for shooting good groups. For my dollars I would go for Seekins,Bergara,or Tikka
This is what I was going to recommend.The easy solution to me would be to just buy the chassis and buy a different action, trigger and barrel. You get the look without the worry. I take PayPal for my wisdom
Modern Precision Rifle Chassis - Christensen Arms
Specifications Machined from 7075 billet aluminum 14″ or 17″ carbon fiber handguard with M-Lok™ Adjustable carbon fiber cheek riser (1″ adjustment) Adjustable length of pull (12.5″-14.5″) Weight: 3.3 - 3.5 lbs. Features Folding stock with locking hinge and Magnelock™ technology 6...christensenarms.com
In my early 20's I saved what limited funds I had and bought a CA in 308win. 14 types of factory ammo and the best groups I managed were about 2". Years later I won a CA in 300wm....headspace was so off that you could almost make 300wby brass in that 300wm chamber.
There are too many good rifle manufacturers out there for me to ever try CA again. I wouldn't buy one!
FireFlyFishing
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I'll add I did my own break in process for the barrel. It was essentially load up 50 rounds of junk grand slams into brand new ADG brass. I went I went to the range with the buddies for a number of hours and shot through the 50 rounds. It didn't shoot great, and I didn't expect it to. Once I had my brass somewhat fireformed, I started load development with 168 VLDs. It was very fast load development to get half MOAish. Never looked back; stuck with the load. I'm now drilling rocks from over 1000 yards with this rifle and took two animals with is this year. It's a keeper. The main point, screw their silly break in process...
Oh and I haven't cleaned it either.
Oh and I haven't cleaned it either.
Hardshot
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I would give it a pass and move on . They need to work on their image and quality controls .
PASS! Keep moving....Gee....I've heard so many bad things about this...I think I'll give it a try!
WYO300RUM
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I basically did the same thing.
Mine is a shooter !
PROUD owner of an ELR in 6.5 PRC. It shoots lights out and is my main deer rifle. Typical 5 shot cold bore group outta mine, I'm satisfied!!
Equalizer
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This ^^^^^The easy solution to me would be to just buy the chassis and buy a different action, trigger and barrel. You get the look without the worry. I take PayPal for my wisdom
Modern Precision Rifle Chassis - Christensen Arms
Specifications Machined from 7075 billet aluminum 14″ or 17″ carbon fiber handguard with M-Lok™ Adjustable carbon fiber cheek riser (1″ adjustment) Adjustable length of pull (12.5″-14.5″) Weight: 3.3 - 3.5 lbs. Features Folding stock with locking hinge and Magnelock™ technology 6...
I have a CA Ridgeline in 300WM that I have been happy with, it does shoot sub minute.
Now, it was dropped off still in the box to be re-bedded and checked over before load development started.
Soon it's going to be dropped off to swap the stock to a Manners Pro Hunter and the trigger swapped to a TT Special while it's there. Will that improve the accuracy? Not a clue, but it shouldn't hurt it. I like the larger palm swell of the Pro Hunter, and who doesn't like a 1lb trigger!
Now, it was dropped off still in the box to be re-bedded and checked over before load development started.
Soon it's going to be dropped off to swap the stock to a Manners Pro Hunter and the trigger swapped to a TT Special while it's there. Will that improve the accuracy? Not a clue, but it shouldn't hurt it. I like the larger palm swell of the Pro Hunter, and who doesn't like a 1lb trigger!
Personally I would give it a pass. Worked at a big sporting goods store selling firearms for quite a few years. The Christiansen's seemed to have issues and many ended up being traded in after a short period of time. You already addressed the issues, so why take a chance?
I also sampled a CA in 7 mag, on sale. Felt great, looked great, but I stayed away based on the reviews. I have been on the wrong side of a crap shoot too many times to gamble on one any more.
I liken it to three cars which different friends owned, one had a Fiat Spider (in our 20's), another a Jaguar XJS (late 30's), and the third a Land Rover LR8 (50). All three were wonderful cars to drive when they worked right. The rest of the time they were being worked on because they were hopeless ***'s. The friend with the Land Rover spent more money servicing the car than he paid for it.
I liken it to three cars which different friends owned, one had a Fiat Spider (in our 20's), another a Jaguar XJS (late 30's), and the third a Land Rover LR8 (50). All three were wonderful cars to drive when they worked right. The rest of the time they were being worked on because they were hopeless ***'s. The friend with the Land Rover spent more money servicing the car than he paid for it.
