Rebarrel a Christensen or sell?

[IdahoN8iv]

They do, but I've got a Mule deer, Elk and Lion hunt starting beginning of October and last I heard their turn around time is several months right now.

They had mine back to me within a month. Really, their customer service was great to deal with. They'll make sure you're taken care of and make sure their product is performing as promised.

 

[JAYgs8163]

Have a Mesa in 6.5 Creedmoor that exhibited the same issue, would not group at all. Sent it back to Christiansen and they sent it back with target groups under 1 moa. Tried again and still would not group. I finally decided to check the stock to action fit. Found that the barreled action rocked in the stock even though they had skim bedded. I shimmed with electrical tape at different locations until I found where it was rocking. Turned out the recoil lug recess was to shallow causing the recoil lug to bottom out and as the lugs were tightened it was putting action in a bind. Removed material until the rocking stopped and then bedded the action back to the tang to 1 1/2" in front of recoil lug. Result was sub 1/2" moa groups. Not saying that is what is wrong with your Mesa but can tell you what I went through. Good luck.

Yes, their "spot bedding" process is crude at best!

 

[Eeegadd]

I had a Bergara 300wm that I sold a few months ago because I couldn't find ammo and it cost too much when I did. So I bought a Christensen arms mesa 308win because the rifle was available and I could find ammo everywhere and it didn't break the bank to shoot. My dilemma now is that the Christensen won't group under 4+ inches with any factory ammo I put through it. I have been a dedicated Bergara owner and was hesitant going with a Christensen and now I am debating on if I should sell the rifle and be done with it and go back to a Bergara or get the Christensen rebarreled. Any thoughts?

Rebarrel it. It'll shoot great when you're done and it'll be a lot cheaper. A gunsmith I know has rebarreled countless .ca and they shoot great.

 

[Grumpy old man]

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I had a Bergara 300wm that I sold a few months ago because I couldn't find ammo and it cost too much when I did. So I bought a Christensen arms mesa 308win because the rifle was available and I could find ammo everywhere and it didn't break the bank to shoot. My dilemma now is that the Christensen won't group under 4+ inches with any factory ammo I put through it. I have been a dedicated Bergara owner and was hesitant going with a Christensen and now I am debating on if I should sell the rifle and be done with it and go back to a Bergara or get the Christensen rebarreled. Any thoughts?your barrel may not be the issue check action scrèws under stock,review picatinney rail screws and scope rings this may help your group!

 

[Grumpy old man]

How many rounds through the barrel?
Have you tried a different scope?

Did you turn your trigger down?

 

[Guns416]

I had a Bergara 300wm that I sold a few months ago because I couldn't find ammo and it cost too much when I did. So I bought a Christensen arms mesa 308win because the rifle was available and I could find ammo everywhere and it didn't break the bank to shoot. My dilemma now is that the Christensen won't group under 4+ inches with any factory ammo I put through it. I have been a dedicated Bergara owner and was hesitant going with a Christensen and now I am debating on if I should sell the rifle and be done with it and go back to a Bergara or get the Christensen rebarreled. Any thoughts?

Have you tried getting all of the copper out of the barrel? That rifle should shoot better than 4 inches. I would call Christensen and tell them what is going on with it. They usually stand behind their rifles. Have you tried different optics? I know the early rifles had problems and we removed the barrel and faced the receiver and lapped the recoil lugs and faced the bolt and re-crowned the barrel. This always made them shoot under 1 inch.

 

[BenelliHunter]

I've had 5 Christensen's. The .308's and smaller shoot great. The 300 mags (300 mag and 300 wsm) were all bad. I had a Summit TI 300 Win Mag that shot 2" groups all day. Sent it back- they blamed it on the Leupold without shooting it. Put a Nightforce on it- same thing. Sent it down the road. Too many custom options for what they charge for production crap.

 

[drahthaars4ever]

I had a Bergara 300wm that I sold a few months ago because I couldn't find ammo and it cost too much when I did. So I bought a Christensen arms mesa 308win because the rifle was available and I could find ammo everywhere and it didn't break the bank to shoot. My dilemma now is that the Christensen won't group under 4+ inches with any factory ammo I put through it. I have been a dedicated Bergara owner and was hesitant going with a Christensen and now I am debating on if I should sell the rifle and be done with it and go back to a Bergara or get the Christensen rebarreled. Any thoughts?

I'd sell it! I had a Christensen 7 mm Remy and the bolt was stiff as hell, very finicky with ammo. Customer service sucked. Finally, after months of going back n forth, they refunded my money. Rifle would not group at or under MOA

 

[Chas1]

Has the scope be changed out yet, if not try that.

 

[Glenn Tullius]

Did you properly break in the rifle per CA's instructions? That's 50-60 rounds of shoot and clean. After about a 100 rounds my 6.5 PRC dropped from .75 to consistently in the .38 to .625 range.

howco is spot on with over torqueing scope rings, I ran into the same problem.

 

[Huntz]

I wondered that as well. I put a brand new Vortex Venom on it the day I got the rifle. Haven't noticed anything with the scope that I can tell.

It is never a good idea to put a new scope on a rifle you have not shot before.Vortex is kind of an iffy scope to begin with unless you spring for the Razor.Try a tried and true scope you have first thing.Before I mount any new scope I sit down and work the elevation and windage dials quite a few times.Does not matter if the scope is a Weaver or a Schmidt & Bender.The internals need to be worked to settle in.Then the scope windage and elevation dials must be centered before mounting.Take the dial and twist one way until it stops,Twist back the other way and count the revolutions.Go back half that amount and you are centered.If that does not work call up the rifles manufacture and ask how they want to handle it?Good luck,Huntz

 

[Puddle]

Ask CA which factory ammo they use to verify their 1 MOA guarantee. If you bought it new and can't get past 4 MOA then make your problem theirs and send it back to 'em.

 

[The Badger]

Have a CA 6.5CM Mesa LR, that came in a deal I couldn't refuse with only 10 rounds on it. It may be my most accurate rifle I own.

Have been there with another rifle I put together with a bad scope out of the box. Chased the ghost till I finally swapped the scope. Should have done that first. It might not be your problem but its the easiest thing to rule out.

 

[Muledeerhuntingfreak]

Put a new rifle scope on it then try again yeah I had a vortex 4 to 16 it also went bad was brand new out of the Box Send it back to Vortex they will check it out if it's bad they'll replace it They replaced mine with no questions asked and a 1/2