My experience with CA has been limited to less than 10 Ridgelines and Mesa's. Every one I managed to get to shoot to an acceptable hunting accuracy for the capability of most shooters. Every one of these required rebedding. The factory bedding jobs are of the assembly line quality and could be a place for better qc at their home facility. Some of these rifles got new stocks which made those much better to shoot. One thing I've noticed is that these rifles are often hard for some shooters to shoot accurately because of how light they are. Some inaccuracy claims could be rightfully attributed to bad shooting techniques as well. CA has certainly had some issue's but for the amount of rifles they sell I suspect satisfaction is better than most of the 50/50 claims. If a guy likes his rifle, he's never gonna get online and complain about it. And there's probably a lot more of those guys than there are the guys online who are upset, even though they have legitimate reason for their complaints. Most of the CA carbons I've worked with I've managed to average 1 moa or slightly better with a few 1/4-1/2 moa shooters. I'm by no means a CA fan. Most of my rifles are full customs. I did however recently acquire for cheap off of my local classifieds a 20" CA fft in a 6.5 Creedmoor for my youngest daughter. I surmised off of the price I got it for that perhaps they couldn't get it to shoot. First thing I did was tear it apart and noticed that the bottom metal was severely binding on the magazine box. I corrected that and went out and shot it at 100 yards and immediately was shooting sub MOA of the bed of my pickup with Hornady 143 EDX ammo. This rifle is now getting a makeover with a Manners collapsible stock, suppressor mount, and some hand loads. With the current popularity of the 7prc my local sporting goods store is not selling many 28 Noslers so I also recently picked up a significantly discounted CA Ridgeline in 28 Nosler. I couldn't pass up the deal. Im going to see how this one goes. It's immediately getting overhauled. Fit into another Manners stock, different muzzle brake, bolt knob, and possibly a lighter trigger. Should be a good adventure. Best of luck with your decision.
