Christiansen Arms Accuracy Issues?

[Boarman03]

Wow! Powerful Statement! 

Maybe I should dump my Christiansen Arms Rifles?

 

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

If it shoots good why dump it? Its the downside of growing and such high production but the process can still make a good product. If you got a good one no worries.

[Boarman03]

 

38 minutes ago, MULEPACKHUNTER said:

If it shoots good why dump it? Its the downside of growing and such high production but the process can still make a good product. If you got a good one no worries.

So, you believe that they are having more quality issues with the brand new rifles? I would think the factory should take care of it?

Or is it that it's become difficult to really tweek in a Christiansen rifle for really long distances?. It sounds like Long Range Hunting Supply and Christiansen Arms got into it with each other.

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

Sounds like they are having issues in their chain of supply of production process yes.

[catclaw]

The incidents of poor shooting CA rifles is well known and not unfounded

[dsotm]

Friends don't let friends buy CA

[4huntrs]

Never have had any issues with mine. Get on the internet and you can find someone with something bad to say about every manufacturer. Lmao

[oz31p]

My ca shoots long range extremely well. And I’ve helped set up and reload for several other with the same results. 

[Flashgun]

Mine is a tack driver. I really like mine. I think you know pretty quick if yours doesn’t group. I definitely wouldn’t sell because of a article..

[Sky Island junkie]

I don’t know why they’d make a public statement like that unless there’s some bad blood. I’ve known at least a dozen guys who own them and haven’t heard anything negative 

[down2hunt]

8 hours ago, oz31p said:

My ca shoots long range extremely well. And I’ve helped set up and reload for several other with the same results. 

Maybe you can give me a hand. I'm still in the break-in process. 

[oz31p]

1 minute ago, down2hunt said:

Maybe you can give me a hand. I'm still in the break-in process. 

Let’s see how this dog does next Monday and we’ll talk lol

[cactusjack]

I have dealt with a couple of rifles that we had to send back several times and eventually Christensen declared them lemons and sent out new rifles.  Feeding issues, difficult to close bolts, stuck bolts after firing, tons of lapping and or bedding compound in barrel and chamber, 8 to 16in groups at 100yds....

This is what I heard from people in the industry, so take it with a grain of salt.... their Quality Control was the problem.  They were not checking every rifle off the line, instead they were spot checking every 25th or 50th.  Reamers get worn out. 

The ones we got back shot great.  I have a Summit Ti 6.5PRC that is a tack driver. 

We had big problems with the 7PRC rifles, and Christensen was blamed, but it was mainly a Hornady problem.  Never got consistent loads.  And we never got anywhere close to the advertised speeds and the deviation and accuracy was crazy erratic.  I remember getting speeds of 2950 and then 2820 in the same shot string.  

Now if you had a bad rifle and the bad ammo, you were cursed.  

[Curtis Reed]

1 hour ago, cactusjack said:

I have dealt with a couple of rifles that we had to send back several times and eventually Christensen declared them lemons and sent out new rifles.  Feeding issues, difficult to close bolts, stuck bolts after firing, tons of lapping and or bedding compound in barrel and chamber, 8 to 16in groups at 100yds....

This is what I heard from people in the industry, so take it with a grain of salt.... their Quality Control was the problem.  They were not checking every rifle off the line, instead they were spot checking every 25th or 50th.  Reamers get worn out. 

The ones we got back shot great.  I have a Summit Ti 6.5PRC that is a tack driver. 

We had big problems with the 7PRC rifles, and Christensen was blamed, but it was mainly a Hornady problem.  Never got consistent loads.  And we never got anywhere close to the advertised speeds and the deviation and accuracy was crazy erratic.  I remember getting speeds of 2950 and then 2820 in the same shot string.  

Now if you had a bad rifle and the bad ammo, you were cursed.  

Yes, there are several videos on YT and internet forum posts about the 7prc Hornady inconsistency issues. 

[cactusjack]

Spoke with Hornady, when they developed the load they were using powder that got really scarce.  The Swedish government limited how much could be exported.