Christian Arms Ridgeline response

[Southern Heritage]

Long story short so it all makes since. Im a normal blue collar guy who has had a dream to hunt moose in Alaska. Ive been saving for over a decade. I booked my trip and i wanted a lighter rifle. I land on a .30 nosler Ridgeline. I get home in 2020 and it wont group. I reload every recipe i can find components for and nothing. 3 months ago i finally found factory ammo in a Nosler 200 and 220gn partition. I buy a box of each. They shoot worse then my best reloads shooting VLD’s but average with the majority of the 130 rounds i shot. Best i got it to do was 3” group and couldn’t hit a 24” plate at 500 yds. I send the gun back. I wait and start to panic. As im leaving in September for this hunt that probably will happen once in my life. I ask my gun shop if they will buy the gun back. They only will send it off. So I go to 3 gun shops and no one has anything in a magnum round accept a ridgeline .300 wm. They promise they have no issues with them. I buy it. Take it to the range it shoots a 5” group at 25 yds. At a 100yds im grouping 8-9”s. I take another rifle shoot same ammo im 1” or less.
I go to my gun shop they apologies get a mans number at christian arms. I call leave voicemails. No response. My gun shop gets him to answer them today. According to my gun shop christian arms is saying its my ammo and i just need to work on finding a better load. The only round the recommend in a hornady something in 200 grain.
I lost my head. Im out 4k on guns that my kids red riders out shoot at 25 yds and the companies response is ammo is the fix. I get if im shooting a 1.5” or 2” group that the right load can tighten that up but 8-9” group.

Things i did
multiple loads
New rings
New base
Cleaned
Tighten
New scope
On a lead sled
On sand bags




So i took away christian arms is saying only one round works in there rifles. If you cant find that round you SOL.

Also since they chose to never call me back im getting there response second hand.

They have both my rifles now. They start looking at the .30 nosler next week to tell me if its me or the rifle.


Here is the pic of the 16 rounds of .300 wm shooting 100 yds. 2 shots where off paper

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[Vrybusy]

Man, sorry to hear that.Keep us updated on your progress. Good luck!

 

[Whhood]

Where are you located

 

[Southern Heritage]

Alabama

 

[Motown]

Also sorry to hear about this! I was considering a ridgeline but after reading so many negative reviews I think I’ll just stick with Tikka.

 

[SteepNDeep*]

I just bought one of these in 300 WM and will be shooting it for the first time tomorrow. I hope to god it shoots well. I’ll update after I see what it does.


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[762 ULTRAMAGA]

Shitty man
People need to stop this CF barrel fad, there's more lemons percentage wise than steel by a long shot. I've been there done that, and never again.
Send it back and buy a Fierce

 

[swavescatter]

Please update when you learn anything. Man, I hope someone from Christensen Arms is reading this forum as their name and reputation are really being dragged through the mud recently.

Seems like they need to shut production down until they get it figured out and make things right for customers they've screwed over...

 

[z987k]

You don't need a magnum to shoot a moose. If you're getting another rifle, don't worry about a magnum. 308, -06, 280(ai), 7-08 and anything in that general vacinity of a cartridge and even less have all taken tons of moose. Or go up to the medium bore non magnum stuff.
Moose don't wear body armor and the only reason you need a 6 or 700 yard shot on a moose is because you didn't want to get closer.

I don't hunt brown bear and so my most powerful rifle for all hunting in Alaska is a 30-06. Nothing yet has lived from being shot with it. For that matter nothing, including my moose last year has walked away from being shot with the 6.5manbun.

I'd bet you already own a rifle that shoots well and will work perfectly fine for up here.

 

[kurtiss00]

Long story short so it all makes since. Im a normal blue collar guy who has had a dream to hunt moose in Alaska. Ive been saving for over a decade. I booked my trip and i wanted a lighter rifle. I land on a .30 nosler Ridgeline. I get home in 2020 and it wont group. I reload every recipe i can find components for and nothing. 3 months ago i finally found factory ammo in a Nosler 200 and 220gn partition. I buy a box of each. They shoot worse then my best reloads shooting VLD’s but average with the majority of the 130 rounds i shot. Best i got it to do was 3” group and couldn’t hit a 24” plate at 500 yds. I send the gun back. I wait and start to panic. As im leaving in September for this hunt that probably will happen once in my life. I ask my gun shop if they will buy the gun back. They only will send it off. So I go to 3 gun shops and no one has anything in a magnum round accept a ridgeline .300 wm. They promise they have no issues with them. I buy it. Take it to the range it shoots a 5” group at 25 yds. At a 100yds im grouping 8-9”s. I take another rifle shoot same ammo im 1” or less.
I go to my gun shop they apologies get a mans number at christian arms. I call leave voicemails. No response. My gun shop gets him to answer them today. According to my gun shop christian arms is saying its my ammo and i just need to work on finding a better load. The only round the recommend in a hornady something in 200 grain.
I lost my head. Im out 4k on guns that my kids red riders out shoot at 25 yds and the companies response is ammo is the fix. I get if im shooting a 1.5” or 2” group that the right load can tighten that up but 8-9” group.

Things i did
multiple loads
New rings
New base
Cleaned
Tighten
New scope
On a lead sled
On sand bags




So i took away christian arms is saying only one round works in there rifles. If you cant find that round you SOL.

Also since they chose to never call me back im getting there response second hand.

They have both my rifles now. They start looking at the .30 nosler next week to tell me if its me or the rifle.


Here is the pic of the 16 rounds of .300 wm shooting 100 yds. 2 shots where off paper

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Looking at those groups, I'd want to say we have an issue with your scope?

 

[Southern Heritage]

Agreed so took a proven scope off another gun and shot the group above.


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[223dude]

Sorry to hear it's not working for you.

I own 5 Christianson arms,
4 Ridgelines and a mesa.

All of them are under 1moa with factory ammo and .5 are better with my handloads.

I swap out the stocks to McMillan.
And glass bed them.
I use 1 piece bases pined to the receiver.
Nightforce or seekins rings,
Nightforce atacr or nx8 scopes.
All action and scope rings are locktight
And torqued to manufacturer spec.

Can you tell use what scope/rings/bases
You are running?

 

[B23]

I'm very surprised you didn't get a response right away from CA did you ever go online and submit a repair request?

I bought a brand new CA Ridgeline 6.5 PRC a few months back. Got it home borescoped the barrel and didn't like how it looked. Never shot it, just didn't like how it looked. I first called and talked to CA on the phone and explained I needed to fill out a repair request online and they'll contact me from there. I got a response same day telling me they were sending out a prepaid label to send it back for free and they will check it over and make a determination from there. I sent it back the next day FedEx. Within a week I received notification from CA that they were putting a new barrel on and would be test firing it for groups with factory Hornady 143 and 147 ammo before it was sent back. I think it took around four weeks or so and I got a email telling me it was headed back with paper copies of the groups as well as they included pics of the three different three shot groups they shot in the email. The groups were all sub .5 MOA and when I got it home and mounted up with a NF NX8 it shot the factory Hornady 147 ELD-M ammo easily sub .5 MOA.

It was a bummer I had to send it back but shit happens and I was very pleased with how CA dealt with it and I certainly can't complain about the way it shoots.

 

[Southern Heritage]

I'm very surprised you didn't get a response right away from CA did you ever go online and submit a repair request?

I bought a brand new CA Ridgeline 6.5 PRC a few months back. Got it home borescoped the barrel and didn't like how it looked. Never shot it, just didn't like how it looked. I first called and talked to CA on the phone and explained I needed to fill out a repair request online and they'll contact me from there. I got a response same day telling me they were sending out a prepaid label to send it back for free and they will check it over and make a determination from there. I sent it back the next day FedEx. Within a week I received notification from CA that they were putting a new barrel on and would be test firing it for groups with factory Hornady 143 and 147 ammo before it was sent back. I think it took around four weeks or so and I got a email telling me it was headed back with paper copies of the groups as well as they included pics of the three different three shot groups they shot in the email. The groups were all sub .5 MOA and when I got it home and mounted up with a NF NX8 it shot the factory Hornady 147 ELD-M ammo easily sub .5 MOA.

It was a bummer I had to send it back but shit happens and I was very pleased with how CA dealt with it and I certainly can't complain about the way it shoots.

I’m 100% okay with a rifle not being perfect. There made by humans we aren’t always perfect. There lack to respond to me but respond to my gun shop and there response is what bothers me.

 

[Southern Heritage]

Sorry to hear it's not working for you.

I own 5 Christianson arms,
4 Ridgelines and a mesa.

All of them are under 1moa with factory ammo and .5 are better with my handloads.

I swap out the stocks to McMillan.
And glass bed them.
I use 1 piece bases pined to the receiver.
Nightforce or seekins rings,
Nightforce atacr or nx8 scopes.
All action and scope rings are locktight
And torqued to manufacturer spec.

Can you tell use what scope/rings/bases
You are running?

I started with Leupold rings
Then I went to a warn base and rings.
All are torqued to manufacture specs and checked by local gun shop.

 

[B23]

I’m 100% okay with a rifle not being perfect. There made by humans we aren’t always perfect. There lack to respond to me but respond to my gun shop and there response is what bothers me.

Maybe you already said and I just missed it but did you ever go to their website and fill out the submit a repair request form and submit it?

Submit a request – Christensen Arms

christensenarmshelp.zendesk.com

 

[T28w]

I was so close to buying a ridgeline and these post, seem to be more lately, have pretty much solidified that I will never take the chance on these $2k rifles. Just not worth it.

Sorry u are dealing with this.

 

[SteepNDeep*]

I know the OP was more so critiquing the CA customer service, and from the sounds of it, they need to help him out more than they have been.

I’ve been reading about the inconsistencies of the Ridgelines but I snagged one recently anyways and got to shoot it for the first time today. Bore sighted at 25 yards, and I was on paper at 200 yards. After a few adjustments, I was at about .5 MOA on my last group. I know inconsistent production isn’t ideal, but there are good ones out there too. I’d buy another just from my experience so far.


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[Southern Heritage]

I know the OP was more so critiquing the CA customer service, and from the sounds of it, they need to help him out more than they have been.

I’ve been reading about the inconsistencies of the Ridgelines but I snagged one recently anyways and got to shoot it for the first time today. Bore sighted at 25 yards, and I was on paper at 200 yards. After a few adjustments, I was at about .5 MOA on my last group. I know inconsistent production isn’t ideal, but there are good ones out there too. I’d buy another just from my experience so far.


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That’s great! My dads boss has 2 that are tack drivers.

 

[Reburn]

I know the OP was more so critiquing the CA customer service, and from the sounds of it, they need to help him out more than they have been.

I’ve been reading about the inconsistencies of the Ridgelines but I snagged one recently anyways and got to shoot it for the first time today. Bore sighted at 25 yards, and I was on paper at 200 yards. After a few adjustments, I was at about .5 MOA on my last group. I know inconsistent production isn’t ideal, but there are good ones out there too. I’d buy another just from my experience so far.


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Did you notice the OP had bought a second gun. Foolishly a second christensen though. Sorry bud should have bought a tikka the second time around.