Christensen Arms Ridgeline 6.5mm Creedmoor
Model: CA10299-H14211
Christensen Arms Ridgeline 6.5mm Creedmoor
Model: CA10299-H14211
Full Specifications
Threaded 5/8x24 barrel: compare .30 caliber suppressor prices.
About This Firearm
The Christensen Arms Ridgeline is a carbon-stocked bolt-action 6.5mm Creedmoor built for mountain hunting. Christensen Arms no longer makes it, so it is a used buy. Its 416R stainless barrel is wrapped in Aerograde carbon fiber and sits in a carbon fiber composite stock, which is where the weight came out.
The muzzle is threaded 5/8x24 under a removable stainless radial brake, with a thread protector supplied. Optics mount on the standard Remington 700 base pattern. A TriggerTech trigger is fitted. Feeding is an internal magazine behind a hinged floorplate holding four rounds, loaded from the top, and no magazine came with the rifle because there is not one to include.
If you're cross-shopping, a used Savage 110 High Country pairs a stainless Cerakote barreled action and the same 5/8x24 thread with a four-round magazine, at 8.10 lbs. A used Browning X-Bolt Hunter is 6.50 lbs in walnut with no muzzle thread at all and a base pattern specific to Browning. Of the three, the Ridgeline takes a Remington 700 base and arrives with a brake on the muzzle.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The brake and the thread protector both unscrew, so the same rifle runs braked, bare or suppressed without a trip to a gunsmith.
- Billet aluminum bottom metal and a spiral-fluted bolt are machined parts, and the ejection port is enlarged for clearing a case in a hurry.
- The barrel is button rifled with a match chamber and free-floats in the stock.
- Christensen shows the Ridgeline for information and will not take an order, so what a used rifle comes with is whatever the seller still has.
- The brake and the thread protector unscrew, which also makes them the two easiest parts for a previous owner to mislay.
- Length of pull is a fixed 13.5 inches with no spacers in the system, which is short for a tall shooter in shirtsleeves.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What should be checked on a used one?
Whether the brake and the thread protector are both still with it, since they screw off, and whether the floorplate latch and spring work, because the magazine is part of the rifle and not a part you can buy.
Can it take a detachable magazine?
Not as it left the factory. Christensen listed an aftermarket AICS detachable conversion for the Ridgeline, so the change is a parts purchase.
What is the stock made of, and does it need bedding?
Carbon fiber composite in a sporter shape, set on stainless steel bedding pillars and spot bedded at the factory, so there is nothing to have bedded afterwards.
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