I did ask some more questions and haven't got a reply back but when they do I'll post it
6.5 PRC issues
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nralifer
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If you can, bore scope it an take pics before you fire it to check to see what they did. Trust but verify
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He told you what CA told him. He'll shoot it and see how it works. We are just here for information and help. And you seem like an arrogant *****.
GLQuiz
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Hey bebb25. I have a CA MPR chambered in 6.5 PRC. Received it new at a shooting school last year. After the first day and about 80 rounds mine did the same exact thing. I was shooting 143 ELDX and suppressed. We cleaned thoroughly at the end of the day. The next day the problem continued. Mind you I was stacking them at 700yds plus. Very accurate gun. That bolt face has an extractor and an ejector. So, two marks. i ended up sending it in to CA. I believe they polished up the chamber and returned. I haven't had any issues since, but have not shot it that aggressively either. Contact me if you have further questions. I'm in South Texas. Peace.
Creedmoorcarl
Active Member
Christensen action has 2 extractor pins
Not exactly sure if that's what they're called, but there is two
Bubbize
Member
I have a Ridgeline FFT in the 6.5 Creedmoor that's doing the same thing. I'm half way through the barrel breakin and it looks pretty much the same. I'm breaking it in exactly how they say to do it. I use Butchs 7.62 copper solvent to clean the chamber and bore with nylon brushes, like they say and still get the same thing. Maybe I should just stop putting the bore camera down the bore. So things I guess we're not suppose to know. It bugs me too that its doing this. It takes me about 1 1/2 hrs or more to get it clean. We'll see how it shoots when it's all said and done.
REALLY???? This was settled 10 pages back and a few times thereafter.
So you consider increasingly heavy bolt lift and increasingly worsening ejector marks to be normal for a CA rifle?
It is clear by the info and pictures he posted that this is a progressive issue (was not having these issues at first) caused by fouling.
I understand light ejector marks from stiff ejectors and soft brass, sure, fine. Your advice is going to get somebody killed. I'd suggest you reread the thread and edit your post.
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you don't see flattened primers???? come on……
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MY TURN....
For the record...YES - I have read every post. ( I grin as I consider some them...). I am a hunter - long distance shooter with a terminal disability - I am left handed and left eye dominant.
So - most of you know that limits the number of factory rifles available to us left handers who want to shoot left handed. ( Yeah - I can shoot RH, and was trained to shoot from a fixed position with a RH rifle...).
So - I will be brief, but try to insert all the pertinent facts about my experience ( otherwise known as PURGATORY ) with with a Christensen Arms Ridgeline 6.5 PRC.
Preface: I read everything concerning Christensen. And if I had I given proper weight to the averages...I would have not bought a Christensen. But I thought..." O.K. - the guys that complain about them are likely not experienced hunters or shooters". Because I WANTED that sexy looking Christensen. Let's face it - they ARE a nice looking rifle. But, looks are only skin deep.
My experience mirrors what the OP has had. And - guys, get off the "it's a carbon ring" crap. SO WHAT? It is crappy quality control issue at Christensen. PERIOD. You can parse it down who "what you think - but I followed their instructions TO THE LETTER.
1. I followed their break in procedure TO THE T..... Shoot 3 - allow the rifle to cool ( I defined that further in detail as verity, open bolt, place vertical in a rack,with a cooling fan- barrel cooler and a digital thermometer. So I am anal retentive about KNOWING that I am giving the rifle the best opportunity to perform.
2. Then - shoot 3 - and CLEAN. thorough. copper solvent and carbon removed. Scrub, soak, scrub, swab - patch until clean. Allow to cool as above included in the process as above.
I spent MORE on factory Hornaday 143 ELD-X ammo than the rifle costs. READ THAT AGAIN.... And what I had after months of it sometimes not picking up the second round, sometimes not ejecting - and sometimes JAMMING so that it took 3 people to get the bolt to lift in order to remove a spent cartridge. Picture this: 2 guys holding the rifle - and me cursing the fact that I had to use a rubber block or rubber hammer to whack the bolt enough to get it to lift.
Was the gun accurate? Like a laser.....6 attempts at a 6" target at 860 yards - verified hits. What else would you want from a rifle - right?...
I will tell you what else you want - you want to KNOW that you can get a follow up shot if you ever need it. Otherwise - it was a sometimes functioning single shot rifle. PERIOD.
But - surprisingly, that is not the worst part of this vomitous diatribe and personal rant. The worst part is the 2nd time it went back to Christensen- and throughout the entire experience - it was a genuine PIA to actually reach anyone at Christensen. They DO NOT call back. They rarely answer the phone. So, on the 2nd time it went back, I waited, and waited - and finally called them, and was not going to be pacified with he "usual company line"...I finally got thru top Erich - the Customer Service Mangler
....AND HERE IS THE "BOOM"....
I said - DO NOT send THAT rifle back to me again - I want a replacement - and I will even buy "up" if there is a better or more expensive model. That was met with a chuckling response of " We are not in the business of replacing rifles that we can fix under warranty. My response: "Gee....you would have thought that was possible 2 trips back to the factory ...but here we are". DON'T SEND THAT rifle back to me. I want a replacement. Answer was and I will swear on any thing you want to satisfy that I am telling the truth....HE SAID-" Clearly we can't make you happy, so we will refund you. We can sell that rifle to someone else because it is a functioning gun."
So, I know there will be some of you that choose not to believe me - that is on you to decide. But, to my grave I can swear with a clean and fully clear conscience that is the truth and what happened.
NEVER will I consider, or recommend a Christensen rifle. I will tell what happened and let others decide if they want o be a victim.
T
For the record...YES - I have read every post. ( I grin as I consider some them...). I am a hunter - long distance shooter with a terminal disability - I am left handed and left eye dominant.
So - most of you know that limits the number of factory rifles available to us left handers who want to shoot left handed. ( Yeah - I can shoot RH, and was trained to shoot from a fixed position with a RH rifle...).
So - I will be brief, but try to insert all the pertinent facts about my experience ( otherwise known as PURGATORY ) with with a Christensen Arms Ridgeline 6.5 PRC.
Preface: I read everything concerning Christensen. And if I had I given proper weight to the averages...I would have not bought a Christensen. But I thought..." O.K. - the guys that complain about them are likely not experienced hunters or shooters". Because I WANTED that sexy looking Christensen. Let's face it - they ARE a nice looking rifle. But, looks are only skin deep.
My experience mirrors what the OP has had. And - guys, get off the "it's a carbon ring" crap. SO WHAT? It is crappy quality control issue at Christensen. PERIOD. You can parse it down who "what you think - but I followed their instructions TO THE LETTER.
1. I followed their break in procedure TO THE T..... Shoot 3 - allow the rifle to cool ( I defined that further in detail as verity, open bolt, place vertical in a rack,with a cooling fan- barrel cooler and a digital thermometer. So I am anal retentive about KNOWING that I am giving the rifle the best opportunity to perform.
2. Then - shoot 3 - and CLEAN. thorough. copper solvent and carbon removed. Scrub, soak, scrub, swab - patch until clean. Allow to cool as above included in the process as above.
I spent MORE on factory Hornaday 143 ELD-X ammo than the rifle costs. READ THAT AGAIN.... And what I had after months of it sometimes not picking up the second round, sometimes not ejecting - and sometimes JAMMING so that it took 3 people to get the bolt to lift in order to remove a spent cartridge. Picture this: 2 guys holding the rifle - and me cursing the fact that I had to use a rubber block or rubber hammer to whack the bolt enough to get it to lift.
Was the gun accurate? Like a laser.....6 attempts at a 6" target at 860 yards - verified hits. What else would you want from a rifle - right?...
I will tell you what else you want - you want to KNOW that you can get a follow up shot if you ever need it. Otherwise - it was a sometimes functioning single shot rifle. PERIOD.
But - surprisingly, that is not the worst part of this vomitous diatribe and personal rant. The worst part is the 2nd time it went back to Christensen- and throughout the entire experience - it was a genuine PIA to actually reach anyone at Christensen. They DO NOT call back. They rarely answer the phone. So, on the 2nd time it went back, I waited, and waited - and finally called them, and was not going to be pacified with he "usual company line"...I finally got thru top Erich - the Customer Service Mangler
....AND HERE IS THE "BOOM"....I said - DO NOT send THAT rifle back to me again - I want a replacement - and I will even buy "up" if there is a better or more expensive model. That was met with a chuckling response of " We are not in the business of replacing rifles that we can fix under warranty. My response: "Gee....you would have thought that was possible 2 trips back to the factory ...but here we are". DON'T SEND THAT rifle back to me. I want a replacement. Answer was and I will swear on any thing you want to satisfy that I am telling the truth....HE SAID-" Clearly we can't make you happy, so we will refund you. We can sell that rifle to someone else because it is a functioning gun."
So, I know there will be some of you that choose not to believe me - that is on you to decide. But, to my grave I can swear with a clean and fully clear conscience that is the truth and what happened.
NEVER will I consider, or recommend a Christensen rifle. I will tell what happened and let others decide if they want o be a victim.
T
Funny how people don't read entire threads (me included sometimes) and want to just argue about others comments. He called CA, sent it back, they made some adjustments, and now he's got it back. Hopefully we will here some progress was made after he shoots it.
I should've worn a bib while drinking my coffee this morning. I can't stop laughing at some of the comments.
The whole thread was brought back up in the morning email. Most people including myself don't read all 13 pages of a thread.i started reading this morning thinking someone else just had this identical problem until I saw that it was an older thread revived
