Christensen Modern Precision Rifle

[GenericBadGuy]

Everytime I look at one I think "I need that", then I read mixed reviews and I change my mind.

I don't like the way Christensen's actions feel.

I do like the price, $2200 for a turn-key carbon fiber barreled 700 clone upgrade with a great light chassis and a Trigger Tech.

If a guy could get one of their chassis alone. I just can't find one anywhere.

dvor.com has them on sale for $895 in short or long action right now. You have to create an account. But that would be the way to go for a custom.

 

[FjallJager]

Thanks i didn’t make it in time. But i joined and hit notifications.

 

[GenericBadGuy]

Thanks i didn’t make it in time. But i joined and hit notifications.

Long action chassis is still available. They usually sell a couple at the sale price then put them out of stock on dvor.

 

[John_in_WYO]

Saw one in .308 yesterday in Cody at a an LGS.
Cody Cartridge and Carry.

 

[FjallJager]

Long action chassis is still available. They usually sell a couple at the sale price then put them out of stock on dvor.

Good resource anyway, prices beat any military pro deal I have seen for a lot of products. I'll add it to my list of places to check.

 

[ArmedGinger]

Has anyone with a MPR in 300 PRC messed with removing any of the screws in the top of the muzzle brake?… if so, did it make any sort of difference?

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I did for my 308 and it made some difference. I took out the first and third screws (starting at the muzzle) as suggested by Christensen Arms.

 

[TBass]

ArmedGinger - Thank you

 

[SawBoss]

Finally got to put some rounds through my MPR. Not disappointed. Shot a fast 5-shot group (maybe a bit too fast, because I pulled the last shot) to see if it had any stringing issues, and it performed well. This was rounds 16-20 on the rifle. Would’ve been under 0.5” without the flyer.

 

[LongRangeAggie]

Had the chamber polished a few times but my gunsmith, said it was doing the same thing. I'm having him re-cut the chamber so that I know it's done correctly. Will post results after I get it back.

I had my gunsmith re-chamber my MPR in 300 PRC to see if it would fix the hard ejection/extraction issues. I shot it this past weekend with factory 225 eld-m and had a couple of the rounds that gave me semi-hard extraction. I didn't get to shoot it with reloads but afraid it's going to do the same thing, but we'll see.

At this point I'm thinking it may be a primary extraction issue. Is that something that a gunsmith can fix on this action?

 

[Buzzbee]

.223 anyone?

 

[Frankr]

.223 anyone?

It would be an awesome set up especially with a 16" barrel and suppressor.
Except I would want a different action. Just handled another one a Sportsmans warehouse and I wasn't too impressed with the feel of the action. Maybe it breaks in but it had nothing on the Sig Cross nor a Tikka YMMV

 

[zerolumens]

sure wish I could buy the stock off one or two of these.I Tried calling Christensen and they took them off the website. Would love to use the stock on my MPP in 6.5 creedmoor and SBR it. glad to see the great reviews in here, that's what pushed me into picking mine up!!

 

[Jeffbigwood]

Swapped out the chassis. I like it much better personally.

 

[LongRangeAggie]

I had my gunsmith re-chamber my MPR in 300 PRC to see if it would fix the hard ejection/extraction issues. I shot it this past weekend with factory 225 eld-m and had a couple of the rounds that gave me semi-hard extraction. I didn't get to shoot it with reloads but afraid it's going to do the same thing, but we'll see.

At this point I'm thinking it may be a primary extraction issue. Is that something that a gunsmith can fix on this action?

Tired of messing with hard extraction and random flyers. So I ordered the Alex Wheeler JGS reamer and a Proof barrel.

The Alex Wheeler reamer is a tad bigger at the 0.200 mark to prevent hard extraction, especially with the harder ADG brass. Read up on it here: https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/the-prc-die-problem.253223/page-18

 

[Railguner]

What custom actions have been put into the MPR chassis? I don't recall their being a list. I tried my Terminous Apollo but it's a hair to wide in the lug.

 

[loveha]

Not an MPR. It's an MPP I turned into an SBR. I would have kept the original chassis but no good option for replacing the brace.

6.5CM with 12.5" Barrel
Shoots about .5 - .75 MOA with factory 120gr ammo from Barnes and Hornady.

My only complaint is ejection is a little weak when bolt is ran slow. Would I buy an MPP for the purpose of making an SBR, no. I won this in their giveaway. Would like to get the MDT HNT 26 someday for it. The LSS is a little heavy for my liking.

 

[MrRogers]

I haven’t started reloading yet, but found that my rifle absolutely loves Hornady 140 grain ELD match ammo. I go down to a monthly long range shooting competition in Boulder City Nevada pretty regularly. It’s broken up into heavy and light classes. To be in light class, your rifle and scope must be under 12 pounds. I used to compete in heavy class with an FN SPR in .308. Best I ever did was 4th place, and I quickly noticed that of the 20-30 shooters that show up each month, I was probably the only one still shooting .308. Everyone else was probably 75% 6.5 Creedmoor, with the rest being a mix of .260, 6.5 PRC, 6mm Dasher, 6.5x47, etc.

My FN SPR was also my only bolt action rifle. So I’ve had the unpleasant experience of hunting with it, and while it done fine with Antelope, Elk, and Deer, packing a 17+ pound rifle around in the hills sucks. So when I searched for a new rifle, I knew I wanted two things. I wanted it to be light, and I wanted it in 6.5 Creedmoor. I took a decent look at some of the Bergara and Tikka offerings, but have loved the look
of the MPR since I first saw it on the cover of a random gun magazine in an airport. At a standard price of $2,200ish, it was a bit out of my budget (young family, early career, student loans to pay off). Luckily for me, a dealer on gunbroker spelled Christensen wrong, and I got a brand new one in the box for $1,525. Only thing I can think of was the misspelling caused it to avoid some searches, because there were plenty with bids in the $1,900 range at the same time.

Once I had my rifle, I needed a scope, as I don’t want to pull my Leupold Mark 4 off my SPR. I was planning on a Vortex PST 2, but right around the same time my rifle arrived, Nikon announced they were getting out of the rifle scope game, and Eurooptic clearanced the FX-1000 line of scopes for $449, down from $899. Scope rings purchased with the scope were another $100. So all in, I had a new rifle, scope, and rings for right around $2,100. I thought I did pretty good.

Taking the MPR down to the competition, I moved to the light division, as I’m sitting right at 11.5 pounds all together. Right away I moved from the bottom 3rd of competitors in heavy, to taking 2nd place in light division.

And then I took 2nd place every time after. Until last month.

Now to give you an idea of the match. The typical match is 1 MOA square steel plates at 560, 740, 850, 920, and 1,100 yards. So the closests plates are roughly 5 1/2 inches wide and tall, furthest are 11 inches.

The other shooters all reload. Every one of them but me and I buddy I introduced to the match. Almost every gun is custom. There is 1-2 factory Ruger Precision’s, another guy in light division shoots a Q Fix that’s factory. But everything else seems to be a $3,000+ custom built rifle, with custom actions, custom barrels, etc. And everyone else’s scopes are either Vortex Razor, Leupold Mark 5’s, Nightforce, Schmidt & Bender, or other high end brands I’m not even familiar with. Once while walking down the firing line to set up, my buddy made the comment “Man, it’s like we showed up to a Ferrari and Lambo race with a Honda Civic”.

The standard distance plates are all at berms, so you have immediate feedback if you miss. The match used to give you 2 minutes to shoot unlimited sighters, then 4 minutes for 5 shots of record at each distance. With the gun panic making both ammo and reloading parts harder to come by, they’ve changed it this year to 1 sighter, and 3 shots of record. But, if you hit your sighter and all 3 shots of record, your sighter shot counts and you get 4 points instead of 3.

To mix things up, they changed the June competition. Instead of the standard targets at the berms that everyone knows there dope for, they put 8” plates at random spots out in the middle of the sage brush. No berms behind any of them.

(pic of some of the June targets)
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The distances were now 346, 640, 853, 945, and 1,012 yards. The plates were all 8” squares. Not 1 MOA specific to that distance. Because of the amount of shooters, in this case 23, you had to start at different distances and work your up. So I was in heat two, shooting the left target (two at each distance, blue and orange) starting at 853. Then going 945, 1,012, 346, then 640.

This was my set up:
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And yes, it’s factory Hornady ammo. I bought some of the 50 round reloader cases because before the reduced shot count change, I was almost always shooting exactly 50 rounds per competition and it’s easier then packing 3 boxes of ammo. Also, my rear bag is from Walmart. Lol, $15 for the two you see on the table. Rifle behind mine is my buddies. I should also point out that like 10+ of the shooters use the “Phoenix something” bipod you see in the top right of the picture. The damn thing is practically a sled, and should be banned in my opinion.

Anyways, I use the free “bullet drop” app I downloaded to my iPhone, and just keep the basic Hornady 140 ELD info in it, adjusting just the weather info from my iPhones weather app each time I go.
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I think I added 120ish feet per second assuming my SDN-6 might add around that.

Since I was starting at 853 I hit the calculate button to dial my elevation:
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I round up to the 6.1 mils for 860 and let it fly. *PING* I hit it! Cold bore shot at 860 yards was right on target. Sent the next three: PING, PING, PING!! Went 4/4. End of first distance heat, only myself and one other shooter cleaned all 4 shots. And he did it with a almost 30 pound custom heavy rifle shooting 6mm Dasher.

945 yards I hit 2 shots, 1,012 I hit another 2 shots. And it was hard. It had like a false berm:
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It looks like it has a berm, but that hill is actually around 60 yards behind the plate. Lots of guys were hitting the hillside thinking they were close, but they were overshooting the target by quite a bit.

All in all, I had 14 hits out of 20. Taking first place in light weight division. Winner of heavy (same guy with 6mm Dasher) also had 14 hits, but since I had the most hits at the farthest distances, I was declared both light weight division winner and over all match winner.
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I’m not much of a shit talker, so my buddy had fun getting a rise out of the guys shooting their $5,000+ rigs.
“We just lost to a factory gun! Shooting factory ammo! With a $400 scope and a $15 Walmart shooting bag! With a AAC quick detach suppressor! What the hell guys!?”

So for you guys on the fence. The Christensen Arms MPR has some great potential.

Well I have been researching and researching for months now on this MPR and many others. This post right here has me sold! Thanks for the awesome write up and taking the time to do it.

 

[The Savage Rabbit]

I don't have any prior long range shooting experience. But I am happy with my MPR in 6.5 CM with a steel 22" barrel. I'm using a Leupold 5-25x56 Mrad and a UTX bipod. Rear stability is from a small, squeezable rear bag. The target is my first 5-shot group at 100 yards. I got very excited about the first 4 rounds and threw the 5th high left. My rifle was slightly canted to the left. Not sure if that would cause the left point of impact shift at 100 yards. I've shot out to 1,027 yards and hit about 25% of the time. I feel like the MPR and the scope combo are giving me a better "beginner" experience than I might otherwise experience if I had spent less money. I'm performing better than I expected and I credit the rifle, caliber, and optic combination.

 

[Plinka]

Did anyone try the MPR and the sig cross? Is the Sig comparable? I like that is 2" shorter and half pound lighter

 

[bigbulls]

About to order a new MPR, can someone tell me what height 30mm scope rings (Night force or Hawkins) it takes for a 59mm outside dia. scope? to keep the bell as tight as possible to barrel. Thanks

 

[LongRangeAggie]

About to order a new MPR, can someone tell me what height 30mm scope rings (Night force or Hawkins) it takes for a 59mm outside dia. scope? to keep the bell as tight as possible to barrel. Thanks

I am running the NF 1.375 with a NF NX8 4-32x50mm. Let me see how much clearance I have, because you are going to have 9mm(.35in)/2 = .18in more than me. I'll get back to you.

 

[LongRangeAggie]

About to order a new MPR, can someone tell me what height 30mm scope rings (Night force or Hawkins) it takes for a 59mm outside dia. scope? to keep the bell as tight as possible to barrel. Thanks

You should be good with the 1.375. I have a little more than 3/8” clearance, and this is with a 40moa rail.

 

[bigbulls]

perfect thank you

 

[ArmedGinger]

My MPR is currently disassembled and awaiting a cerakote job. Got tired of the bronze and the carbon fiber look.

 

[LongRangeAggie]

My MPR is currently disassembled and awaiting a cerakote job. Got tired of the bronze and the carbon fiber look.

Please post pics when done, I'm thinking about that as well.

 

[Tremor]

Any lefties have some feedback on whether this is viable to be run comfortably or not?

 

[Tengo1]

Any lefties have some feedback on whether this is viable to be run comfortably or not?

I’m a leftie but I’ve learned to shoot right handed because I was tired of the lack of options.

 

[Coyote-6]

This sounds very interesting. The chassis looks good in the eye, and I am interested whenever the sales begin. Keep us updated.

I'm confused... Is this a v2 of what's been out for awhile now? Or are you just really late to the party?

EDIT: Yep, you're wayyy late to the party lol. That article is from 2017.... MPR has been out for years now to very mixed reviews. Great concept, but QC is wildly hit or miss, especially with their carbon fiber barrels (at least, that's what it seems like through the various threads here and elsewhere).

 

[Coyote-6]

Thanks mate. I wouldn't have known. I'm way too late to the party lol.

All good my dude. Although, I was really hoping they were coming out with a v2 that took care of the QC because it's my dream rifle if it could reliably shoot under 1 MOA. Not willing to spend the $2k+ on a gamble, so now I need to buy a heavy ass rifle and get in better shape....

 

[Coyote-6]

That's a very nice idea mate. It will be compensation when you do that.

You're looking to buy a heavy ass rifle and get in better shape. Then you are looking to spare heavy ass money and get in better shape lol.

Lol there's no sparing any money in this industry. All remainder would go to ammo!

 

[Tengo1]

Just started reloading for the first time ever. After running up a ladder test from min to a little over max I settled on the 41.3-41.7 gr of H4350 under 140 ELD’s to focus on. With my MPR sporting an SDN-6 I got the following 5 shot groups from testing in .1 grain increases:

With the best 5 shot group coming from 41.3 grains

 

[db2000]

View attachment 7833054Just started reloading for the first time ever. After running up a ladder test from min to a little over max I settled on the 41.3-41.7 gr of H4350 under 140 ELD’s to focus on. With my MPR sporting an SDN-6 I got the following 5 shot groups from testing in .1 grain increases:View attachment 7833052

With the best 5 shot group coming from 41.3 grainsView attachment 7833053

Excellent. How does it do with 10 shots? Just curious.
Best I can do with my 6.5 PRC MPR is around 1 MOA. 0.6 or so with 5 shot groups though.

 

[Tengo1]

Excellent. How does it do with 10 shots? Just curious.
Best I can do with my 6.5 PRC MPR is around 1 MOA. 0.6 or so with 5 shot groups though.

Excellent. How does it do with 10 shots? Just curious.
Best I can do with my 6.5 PRC MPR is around 1 MOA. 0.6 or so with 5 shot groups though.
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I haven’t tried 10 shot groups yet. I’ve only reloaded about 80 rounds total so far. Next step is a repeat of the same 5 rounds of each at 200 yards, then a selection of which grain amount I want to pursue further. Once I’ve selected my preferred powder load I’ll start to play with jump distance and larger group tests.

 

[ballisticdaddy]

Just got the scope mounted and sent a few rounds today. The folder locks up tight, the bolt is fairly smooth and can't wait to get another brake to mount my can. Scooped it up from EuroOptic for $1,699 with a $300 gift card from CA, pretty good deal if you ask me!

 

[ArmedGinger]

So to make a long story short, I didn't end up painting my MPR. Instead it is currently in the process of being rebarreled. I had a lot of fun with 308 but decided I wanted a 6.5 creedmoor again.

I'm also headed to Rob Furlong's Academy in May and wanted something a little better than "the old 308".

 

[LongRangeAggie]

I re-barreled mine as well. Put a 26" Proof CF on it, chambered in 300 PRC using Alex Wheeler's reamer design.

 

[Tengo1]

Further load development.

24” 6.5 Creedmoor, Christensen MPR

 

[ArmedGinger]

Got my MPR back after being rebarreled! Now sporting a Wilson steel barrel in 6.5 Creedmoor it's ready for the Rob Furlong Academy!

 

[SpokaneAggie]

What’s everyone’s experiences been with this in 6 Creed? Have one coming in on Thursday that I’m shooting a match with next weekend (I know I know, ballsy/stupid) and am curious what to expect

 

[flanntastic]

Took the Precision Rifle Development class from Achilles Tactical this weekend with my MPR in 6.5 Creedmore. I was shooting Gold Medal Match and put about 200rds through the rifle (I only had 40 rds through it before the class). We were dinging 1,000yd steel plates on Sunday with ease. I am super happy with this rifle.

 

[RubiconJoey]

Just picked up my MPR last week. 26" Carbon barrel chambered in 6.5. Wasn't sure if it would come with the new FFT carbon or the old pattern when I ordered. I was pleased to see the new FFT carbon. Waiting on a few cleaning supplies to come in before taking it to the range so I can do a proper barrel break in.

 

[db2000]

Just picked up my MPR last week. 26" Carbon barrel chambered in 6.5. Wasn't sure if it would come with the new FFT carbon or the old pattern when I ordered. I was pleased to see the new FFT carbon. Waiting on a few cleaning supplies to come in before taking it to the range so I can do a proper barrel break in.
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New carbon looks good. Not sure if your interested but this grip fits well on there and gets your hand into a better position for straight trigger pulls. There’s a thinner “non deluxe” straight version too.

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[ballisticdaddy]

Finally picked up the Nomad-Ti from my SOT and had to send a few as soon as I got home, can't wait for deer season

 

[ArmedGinger]

My MPR is going into a different direction for now....

 

[Spuzzcat]

I've had a similar disappointing experience as others on this thread that are shooting the MPR in 300 WM and 300 PRC. I bought a CA MPR in 300 WM and shot quality factory ammo for the break-in period as they recommend, and right out of the gate got bad groups, 2.5"+ at best. I contacted CA and they had me send the gun back. They were very quick to respond and very friendly. They sent the gun back to me with two targets showing sub-MOA 3-shot groups. They said they adjusted the headspace and that the gun was fine now, but that I needed to use the same ammo they used for the groups, Barnes 180 gr TTSX VOR-TX. I ordered some Barnes ammo and it shot fine; however, the gun still will not shoot smaller than 2" groups with any other ammo. I contacted them again and got no response. I guess their position is that I need to use the Barnes ammo and nothing else. I did not buy the rifle to be limited to 180 gr. Barnes factory ammo and what started out as good customer service fizzled in a hurry. I am now doing some load development for the rifle but it's not going to be acceptable if this rifle will only shoot 180 gr. Barnes projectiles. That is not what I bought it for and it is nonsense to provide a sub-MOA guarantee, but only with one specific load that is medium to light for the caliber. I have never had this problem with any other precision rifle in my collection.

 

[tmauto769]

I've had a similar disappointing experience as others on this thread that are shooting the MPR in 300 WM and 300 PRC. I bought a CA MPR in 300 WM and shot quality factory ammo for the break-in period as they recommend, and right out of the gate got bad groups, 2.5"+ at best. I contacted CA and they had me send the gun back. They were very quick to respond and very friendly. They sent the gun back to me with two targets showing sub-MOA 3-shot groups. They said they adjusted the headspace and that the gun was fine now, but that I needed to use the same ammo they used for the groups, Barnes 180 gr TTSX VOR-TX. I ordered some Barnes ammo and it shot fine; however, the gun still will not shoot smaller than 2" groups with any other ammo. I contacted them again and got no response. I guess their position is that I need to use the Barnes ammo and nothing else. I did not buy the rifle to be limited to 180 gr. Barnes factory ammo and what started out as good customer service fizzled in a hurry. I am now doing some load development for the rifle but it's not going to be acceptable if this rifle will only shoot 180 gr. Barnes projectiles. That is not what I bought it for and it is nonsense to provide a sub-MOA guarantee, but only with one specific load that is medium to light for the caliber. I have never had this problem with any other precision rifle in my collection.

Mine shot that bad at first too, then it progressively got worse. The last group I shot out of that CF barrel was 5 or 6 moa. yeah it was that bad that it scared me so I pulled that barrel and ordered a remage pre fit from preferred barrel blanks. Now it will shoot .5 to .75 moa no problem. I saved the CF barrel in case it is needed for evidence for how crappy their product actually is. I would have to look at my notes, but that CF barrel had well less than 200 rounds through it, I am thinking it was 150 actually

 

[ArmedGinger]

I am quite surprised actually. We do the Warranty work for Christensen Arms here in Canada and we don't have that many rifles come back for accuracy issues right out of the box. I do know that the Carbon barrels though can be really easily shot out. You can shoot about 3 rounds before you need to let it cool down. Any more than that and the barrel gets really hot and you risk the chance of burning it out. We took three of their rifles out to the Rob Furlong Academy and all were shooting exceptionally well with the Carbon barrels. We used two 308 and one 6.5 Creedmoor. The Creedmoor shot the tightest group of the academy and just under half MOA. That being said though, that is the only experience I have personally of shooting their Carbon barrels as all my CA rifles have steel barrels.

 

[tmauto769]

I am quite surprised actually. We do the Warranty work for Christensen Arms here in Canada and we don't have that many rifles come back for accuracy issues right out of the box. I do know that the Carbon barrels though can be really easily shot out. You can shoot about 3 rounds before you need to let it cool down. Any more than that and the barrel gets really hot and you risk the chance of burning it out. We took three of their rifles out to the Rob Furlong Academy and all were shooting exceptionally well with the Carbon barrels. We used two 308 and one 6.5 Creedmoor. The Creedmoor shot the tightest group of the academy and just under half MOA. That being said though, that is the only experience I have personally of shooting their Carbon barrels as all my CA rifles have steel barrels.

I had 3 of their rifles, 1 in 6.5cm w/steel barrel, 1 in 6.5prc w/steel barrel, and the last one was 300wm w/carbon barrel which is the one I spoke of above. The 6.5CM shot .5 to .75 moa, the PRC shot .75 to 1 moa, and the 300wm was just pathetic as stated above. A friend of mine bought one(300wm) the same time I did, and his shot not much better. He traded his back in to where he bought it. I felt bad about passing that crap onto someone else knowing how bad it shot, plus I was concerned about a safety issue with it so I just ponied up and rebarreled a pretty much brand new gun. I sold the other two as I felt they were ok in the accuracy dept. just not great imo.

 

[Spuzzcat]

The attached targets show the problems with my CA 300 WM. I went to the range yesterday with my CA 300 WM that CA says is fine. I sent it in to them and they sent it back saying there are no problems. It has ~120 rounds down the tube and has been properly broken in, per CA's instruction. I also took a DT SRS with a new, unshot 300 WM conversion kit, and a DD Delta Pro 5 6.5 CM. CA told me to use Barnes TTSX ammo, because that is what they used to determine that the firearm is fine. The first pic shows 3 5-shot groups with TTSX ammo and 1 5-shot group with ELD-M ammo. The TTSX groups are something I could build on perhaps but the ELD-M group is obviously horrible. The second pic shows the TTSX ammo in the DT conversion kit with no break in; obviously an acceptable group for a new, unshot, cold bore. The third pic is the CA with ELD-X ammo. Note that the POI is 7" or more from the POA. While the TTSX ammo has a POI that is close to the POA, the ELD-X is not even close. The fourth pic is the ELD-X ammo in the DT conversion kit; 3 of 5 rounds went through almost the same hole. The scope on the DT was zeroed for a different conversion kit and I didn't adjust it for the 300 WM kit, so the groups are offset a little but the groups themselves are the issue, and they acceptable for a new barrel. Pic five is Nosler ABLR ammo in the CA. The POI is 9" or more from the POA, and only 4 of the 5 shots hit the target. One of the Nosler rounds was so far from the POA that it didn't even hit the target. Pic six is the Nosler ABLR ammo in the DT conversion kit that had less than 20 rounds down it by that point. In the DT, 2 of the 5 shots doubled up. I realize that the DT groups aren't great but the barrel was brand new and not broken in yet. What the DT targets do show is that the CA targets with everything but the TTSX ammo are horrific and that it is the gun, not the ammo. The seventh target is some load development with the DD 6.5 CM just to shows that I can actually shoot a group and that I am not completely incompetent as a shooter. All targets were shot at 100 yards.

Long story short, the CA is a horrible firearm and CA's unwillingness to solve the problem or make it right is not acceptable. I have seen poor performing firearms before but this CA 300 WM is by far the most horrific thing I have ever seen in over 50 years of shooting precision rifles.

 

[db2000]

I am quite surprised actually. We do the Warranty work for Christensen Arms here in Canada and we don't have that many rifles come back for accuracy issues right out of the box. I do know that the Carbon barrels though can be really easily shot out. You can shoot about 3 rounds before you need to let it cool down. Any more than that and the barrel gets really hot and you risk the chance of burning it out. We took three of their rifles out to the Rob Furlong Academy and all were shooting exceptionally well with the Carbon barrels. We used two 308 and one 6.5 Creedmoor. The Creedmoor shot the tightest group of the academy and just under half MOA. That being said though, that is the only experience I have personally of shooting their Carbon barrels as all my CA rifles have steel barrels.

No offense but I have to call BS on 3 shots and letting it cool down. My 6.5 PRC gets used in the same manner as PRS shooting strings of 10 rds suppressed. It has 500 rds through it probably and shoots sub MOA. Also, many guys from reputable barrel companies with CF barrels are on this site, including Frank Green, and I’ve never seen anyone support the idea of shooting 3 shots and having to cool the barrel or you’ll cook it. I realize heat is the devil but come on, thats is ridiculous. Hell, no one would ever buy one if that was the case.