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Rebarrel a Christensen or sell?

Christensen get a bad wrap around the traps. It's a shame as a few bad ones get a lot of publicity.
But, I emailed them once to get some info as an Australian dealer had some listed as a Custom model Ridgeline .
Short version is a I did not get a response from Christensen. I built a CG barreled Tikka for less.

I hope the Christensen are generally good and the bad ones are rare.

That said, no-one complains about Howa and they produce thousands, Tikka also work out of the box..

Good luck, I hope you find the flaw it should work out. It's a proccess of elimination.
 
JD-ODINSON ,

Your answer to Belldar reminds me of a lesson given to me over 53 years ago .

I had just started work as an auto mechanic in my Father's repair shop . I was assigned a repair job on an older , beat-up car , that looked like it belonged in a wrecking yard .
I asked my Father why we were going to work on this "piece of junk".
His answer was "Son , to the owner of this car , it is not a piece-of-junk . Most people don't drive an older , high mileage car by choice , they drive it out of necessity . Sure , they would like to own and drive a new Cadillac , but this is what they can afford , and it is our job to make it safe and drivable for them".

Same applies to most commodities in life .
Schmidt & Bender would be great , but I can't afford them .

DMP25-06
Hence why I drive old beaters. Priorities🤷🏻‍♂️ Realistically you can get some real good to decent glass that works great and has a very good track record. A used Nightforce is better than most out there and can be had for cheaper then a lot of Vortex now. Same with the Sightron SIIIs and some others.
 
Christensen get a bad wrap around the traps. It's a shame as a few bad ones get a lot of publicity.
But, I emailed them once to get some info as an Australian dealer had some listed as a Custom model Ridgeline .
Short version is a I did not get a response from Christensen. I built a CG barreled Tikka for less.

I hope the Christensen are generally good and the bad ones are rare.

That said, no-one complains about Howa and they produce thousands, Tikka also work out of the box..

Good luck, I hope you find the flaw it should work out. It's a proccess of elimination.
Didnt fierce firearms arise out of the christensen havoc? I bought a fierce edge lapua when they first started (prob the only rifle I have where I can truly say it's not "fun" to shoot haha. 7lb 338 Lapua = ugh lol
 
Didnt fierce firearms arise out of the christensen havoc? I bought a fierce edge lapua when they first started (prob the only rifle I have where I can truly say it's not "fun" to shoot haha. 7lb 338 Lapua = ugh lol
Mmm, you must be a serious shooter if you need a .338lapua, you should have known what you were getting into.
But, we sometimes like these things "because they make them" or "because We get a Kick out of it"
Enjoy🤗

I don't hear people bagging Fierce.

I went away with a mate and I said can we go into the gunstore. The new "Manager" and sales staff were wearing Camo behind the counter🤔 This is regional Australia right.

I was after something or just browsing, the manager brings along this hefty rifle on a bipod placing it in front of me and says how would you like something like this? I could see straight off what it was chambered in so I asked, he proudly days it's a .338Lapua.
My response was that I can't afford the ammo, I wasn't engaging in talking crap when I had my mate there and I didn't have a use for it.

That shop is closed and I have no idea what became of that young fellow
 
Mmm, you must be a serious shooter if you need a .338lapua, you should have known what you were getting into.
But, we sometimes like these things "because they make them" or "because We get a Kick out of it"
Enjoy🤗

I don't hear people bagging Fierce.

I went away with a mate and I said can we go into the gunstore. The new "Manager" and sales staff were wearing Camo behind the counter🤔 This is regional Australia right.

I was after something or just browsing, the manager brings along this hefty rifle on a bipod placing it in front of me and says how would you like something like this? I could see straight off what it was chambered in so I asked, he proudly days it's a .338Lapua.
My response was that I can't afford the ammo, I wasn't engaging in talking crap when I had my mate there and I didn't have a use for it.

That shop is closed and I have no idea what became of that young fellow
Bull elk rifle...when needed
 
Didnt fierce firearms arise out of the christensen havoc? I bought a fierce edge lapua when they first started (prob the only rifle I have where I can truly say it's not "fun" to shoot haha. 7lb 338 Lapua = ugh lol
Last I knew, someone disgruntled from Christensen left and started Fierce and there was bad blood between them. Not sure how true that is though
 
Christensen get a bad wrap around the traps. It's a shame as a few bad ones get a lot of publicity.
But, I emailed them once to get some info as an Australian dealer had some listed as a Custom model Ridgeline .
Short version is a I did not get a response from Christensen. I built a CG barreled Tikka for less.

I hope the Christensen are generally good and the bad ones are rare.

That said, no-one complains about Howa and they produce thousands, Tikka also work out of the box..

Good luck, I hope you find the flaw it should work out. It's a proccess of elimination.
Howa's are underrated. You can't beat them for the $$
 
Last I knew, someone disgruntled from Christensen left and started Fierce and there was bad blood between them. Not sure how true that is though
Not to hijack the thread to a christensen bash, but I now remember I had a ca15 with a defective cam pin. Gouged the side and prevented cycle. Replaced with a roller cam and works fine. Called them up to let them know the issue and fix. Response was " cool anything else we can help u with" not really the response I was expecting. Lol
 
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