I don't own one, but I am about to order a ridgeline in 6.5 Creed. There is a local gun shop that just became a Christensen Arms authorized dealer. The owner told me that he had used Christensen Arms rifles for many years. After selling his personal rifles to customers a few times, he got tired of setting up new rifles for himself so he became a dealer. According to him, he has been selling them for about 6 months. In that time, he has sold about 50 rifles. There were 4 in the store, and 2 of the 4 were already spoken for. He said he was expecting 6 more rifles to be delivered this evening, and those are spoken for as well. He has about 30 more rifles on order, mostly Ridgelines, so I'm gonna put a deposit on one of those. I asked which calibers were the top sellers, and I was expecting him to say .300 Winchester or .30-06. He said that the 6.5 Creed has been number one, followed by the 26, 28 and 30 Nosler in that order. That kind of surprised me, but then I took a look at his ammo section and it was full of 6.5 Creed, 26, 28 and 30 Nosler. So I guess the Nosler calibers are taking off more than I thought they were. Apparently the 280 Ackley Improved and 300 RUM are also good sellers.
Every time someone buys a Christensen rifle from him, he lets them zero it on the range behind the store. If the customer doesn't mind, he keeps the target and hangs it up in the store. There are numerous targets there, and not a single one was over an inch. Most of them were .5 moa, and there were two that were genuine one hole 3 shot groups. One from a 6.5 Creed and one from a .300 WSM. I don't know the exact group size, but it was tiny.
The Ridgelines are light as a feather, the action is slicker than deer guts on a door knob, and he said the triggers usually come in around 3 pounds on all of the Christensen rifles. The fit and finish was excellent, but then again it damn well should be for $1900. As for the muzzle brake, he said that most people think the .300 magnums feel about like a .243 or a 7mm-08. He said The 6.5 Creed feels about like a .223 out of an AR.
The last time I was in the store several months ago, he had lots of Remington Senderos on the shelf, along with quite a few Winchester model 70's. Guess what, the same rifles are still sitting there on the shelf. He told me that he just cancelled his order from Remington for this fall due to the fact that he just can't move the rifles.
I wish I had more first hand experience to pass along, but I trust the guy who owns the shop. He's been in business for a long time and he has gained a reputation for being a no BS, tell it like it is kind of guy. He has an extensive personal gun collection, and he has hunted far and wide. According to him, the rifles he reaches for when he goes afield nowadays are all Christensen.
Hope this helps!
Last edited by JasonH; 09/12/17.
