Tikka vs Christensen

[atmat]

Tikka all the way.

Last month a thread was started by a guy here praising how good Christensen’s are. His post history revealed that 50% of his CAs were lemons that he had to ship back to CA to have fixed. And yet somehow he was defending them passionately for standing by their warranty.

 

[bigunit]

FYI a 7mm08 tikka is easily reamed to 280ai. Modify the bolt stop and get a long action mag and youre in business.

 

[EastTX Jess]

This ^^^^^! Or, keep it a 7mm-08 and load some max loads with 6.5 Staball. You’ll have less recoil and the animals will think they were killed with a big 7mm.

 

[Jlwatts]

I know on this forum everyone hates on Christensen but I purchased a Mesa in 7mm rem mag last year and it is a great shooting gun that doesn’t seem to be picky at all with ammo. I would 100% buy another Christensen.

 

[gtriple]

Just buy a Tikka!

 

[tipsntails7]

Generally, it’s hard to not say tikka, throw it in a stock, get a new barrel if you want and you’re at the cost of a CA FFT but probably a better gun.

That said, I came across a new CA FFT in 280Ai with a deal I couldn’t walk away from about 6 months ago. It is the most accurate gun in my safe and is just over 1/2 moa.

I’ve also seen stock tikkas out of the box that cost 600 dollars shoot just as good.

Older CA’s seem really hit or miss but the FFT’s seem to be much better.

 

[Colson12]

I am currently shooting a Bergara wilderness terrain in 7mm rem mag. It is way too heavy. I need something that is more light weight and am stuck between a Christensen arms fft or a tikka roughtech superlite. I want a .280 ackley but the tikka price point is way more appealing. I don’t have experience with either shooting wise and was curious on opinions. I will be hunting elk/deer with it mainly and I have a night force nx8 for the rifle.

Between my dad and I we have 4 tikkas and I can’t say enough good things about them. Very accurate and dependable, they are my go to guns at a much cheaper price

 

[deerhunter628]

I have 4 Christensen Arms that all shoot great. I have 2 Tikkas that also shoot great. The Christensen Arms rifles look better to me, but im not sure the better looks is worth the extra dollars.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Own 2 CA’s, own 4 tikkas. 0 issues with the tikkas. 1 CA is a tack driver and so nice to carry. The other is Meh… it will probably get rebarreled… IMO the tikka super lite @EuroOptic is selling is about as good as it gets. No brainer in 6.5cm

 

[280ai_alaska]

I have a Christensen ridgeline 280 ai. It shoots the Nosler 140 bt at half moa at 100 yards. Everybody hates on the brand. But in my experience it’s really hard to beat

 

[505Wapiti]

I have a Christensen Ridgeline .300 WM and my buddy has the same in a 7mm Rem Mag... Both are tac drivers and neither of us has had any issues at all. I shoot mine suppressed and he doesn't, both completely satisfied. He bought a Tikka for his son that is also a great shooting rifle. I see lots of bashing on certain brands but the reality is that for every one that complains there are probably thousands that have zero issues or complaints. To each their own.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Only issue with CA is that I shouldn’t have to go through 5-10 brands/ weights of factory ammo to find one that will group…

 

[505Wapiti]

Only issue with CA is that I shouldn’t have to go through 5-10 brands/ weights of factory ammo to find one that will group…

This happens with many different rifles regardless of the manufacturer.

 

[wpeach1912]

This happens with many different rifles regardless of the manufacturer.

If you have a good barrel, it shouldn’t

 

[Hunt30]

I’ve had several Christensen rifles. All were very accurate and a pleasure to shoot. But you came to the wrong place to ask whether you should get a tikka or any other brand of rifle. If there is a place on the internet where groupthink is more abundant than Rokslide, I’d be shocked.

 

[mainbeam pursuit2]

Must be lucky, between my son and I we have three ridgelines. All are shooters.

 

[Smokinyotes]

Already having 9 Tikkas in the safe I thought I would buy something else. Bought a C/A Mesa in 6.5 prc. Tried 3 different factory ammo’s none of them shot very well. I then started handloading for it. Tried H1000, Reloader 22 Reloader 26, N560 with 129 gr lrab, 142 gr lrab, 130 accubondsand 143 gr eldx. could barely get 1” groups with everything I tried. I sold the gun and bought a Tikka CTR in 6.5 prc. First handloads I loaded with 143gr eldx and R26 I was getting groups in the .4” at 2050 fps.

 

[Hnthrdr]

This happens with many different rifles regardless of the manufacturer.

It does for sure, my tikkas have been easy, one of my CA’s was easy loved 143 eldx out the gate, my other CA was a pain in the neck to figure out what it wanted. I just expected more from a 2k rifle…

 

[Smokinyotes]

Already having 9 Tikkas in the safe I thought I would buy something else. Bought a C/A Mesa in 6.5 prc. Tried 3 different factory ammo’s none of them shot very well. I then started handloading for it. Tried H1000, Reloader 22 Reloader 26, N560 with 129 gr lrab, 142 gr lrab, 130 accubondsand 143 gr eldx. could barely get 1” groups with everything I tried. I sold the gun and bought a Tikka CTR in 6.5 prc. First handloads I loaded with 143gr eldx and R26 I was getting groups in the .4” at 2050 fps.

That should have been 3050 fps

 

[nm.otter]

That should have been 3050 fps

So edit it. Then delete the above post. I'll be deleting this one in a bit.