Fierce or Christensen Arms?

[Derek-307]

I have two Christensens. One Mesa and one Ridgeline. Both good rifles. Shoot better than me. Both have killed lots of elk and deer.

My only complaint is the bolt. It doesn’t run as smoothly as I would like. But as long as I don’t short pull the bolt it will reliably grab the next case and load it. It just isn’t smooth.

 

[nrpate05]

I have a Mesa in 7mm mag. It is good and shoots quite well with several factory loads. Only issue I have with it is the bolt. It is pretty touch to run after firing a round. I reached out to Christensen and they said they use a stronger spring and that it should break in. I can't tell if it is breaking in...

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I have a Mesa in 7mm mag. It is good and shoots quite well with several factory loads. Only issue I have with it is the bolt. It is pretty touch to run after firing a round. I reached out to Christensen and they said they use a stronger spring and that it should break in. I can't tell if it is breaking in...

Assuming by tough, you're talking primarily about bolt lift? How does bolt lift after a dry fire compare to bolt lift after actually firing a round?

If it takes a similar level of effort, there's just a lot of cocking effort and their comments about spring rates might hold some water. If its much stiffer with a fired case in the chamber you're either over pressure or have other functional issues.

If you havent already, try adding some grease to the contact points of the lugs and cocking ramp on the bolt.

 

[Neumie]

Post in thread 'Christensen Arms, what's the verdict?'
https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/christensen-arms-whats-the-verdict.320943/post-3903859

 

[npaden]

I just went down the rabbit hole of getting a suppressor and have a new Christensen Arms FFT in .300 WSM coming in on Friday. For the money I paid (almost $400 off their list price) I think it's going to work out better than trying to get my Kimber Montana cut and threaded. The 18.5" barrel should work very well with the new suppressor.

 

[AustonButt]

I just went down the rabbit hole of getting a suppressor and have a new Christensen Arms FFT in .300 WSM coming in on Friday. For the money I paid (almost $400 off their list price) I think it's going to work out better than trying to get my Kimber Montana cut and threaded. The 18.5" barrel should work very well with the new suppressor.

Is it true that Christensen Arms doesn’t have an MOA guarantee on their magnum rifles?

 

[npaden]

Is it true that Christensen Arms doesn’t have an MOA guarantee on their magnum rifles?

Nothing that I can see that indicates that. I didn't see anything that excluded magnum rifles and nothing in the box when I received mine indicated anything differently.

Hopefully my suppressor gets approved soon and I can actually get out and shoot mine and find out.

 

[Chingon]

Is it true that Christensen Arms doesn’t have an MOA guarantee on their magnum rifles?

No but if you buy a Fierce or CA rifle you’ll be guaranteed to need the warranty

 

[Muskeez]

Now that my Fierce is gone, traded, I will jump in and say that Fierce customer service last year when I bought my carbon rouge 7prc was absolutely terrible and a miserable experience. I had to send it in as it wouldn't group with MANY different factory and hand loads. They said they only "cleaned it and polished the chamber" and sent a target of a clover leaf with one factory load. Then they held me hostage for $200 bench fee and shipping before returning my gun a couple days before we had to leave for a hunt. They over promised and under delivered in many ways. They said nothing was wrong with the gun. They did not shoot it before working on it, so my opinion is they certainly had to have fixed something to get it to shoot that well. I don't claim to be a great target shooter but honestly my grown daughters are crack shots and they couldn't get it to group either, even after Fierce worked on it. Next, I kept working on a handload and found that I had to really slow it down to get that gun to shoot a good group. Like 2850 fps. I burned thru a metric CHIT TON of factory ammo and reloading supplies and time. I've never been so glad to get rid of a gun and not have to deal with a company again in my life. I took a $1000 loss plus all the ammo and time, and still was thrilled to see it go.