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Looking for feedback/experience on ultralight mountain guns.

I've read mixed reviews on Christiensen Arms - some love them, some have been disappointed with their performance - and I know two guys who are planning on buying them for the fall hunting season, but at around $5k for the "carbon custom" I'm wondering if there are better options for them.

Anyone here actually used a CA? Are there better value for money factory ultralights? Is there anyone in Canada who puts together custom ultralights?

Thanks in advance.
 
Saw one in WSS in Edmonton South Common. $2400. Built on an SPS in 300WSM. The carbon wrapped barrel was interesting, but the crappy plastic SPS stock from Remington ruined it for me. They just hollowed out the barrel channel to accommodate the bull barrel profile. To go to the extent of building something to be marketed as a quality rifle and leave it in a Remington stock was sad.

I was disappointed by what I saw. I would have had a better reaction from a higher sticker price and a quality stock.

In that price range, I would rather take a Sako Finnlight straight from the rack, or an SPS and drop it into an HS or McMillan. Or, top up the spending to $3000 and have something built by RMR.
 
There are many choices in semi-custom ultra lights. RMR or any number of Canadian smiths can build you something equal to anything from the states. In factory rifles the Browning a-bolt titanium is light, the Kimber Montana is also very light (but the stock feels like a toy gun). From the states NULA makes a very light rifle, with the action sized to just fit the case size. I have a HS prohunter light, 6.5 pounds scoped, which feels pretty light. Several gunsmiths have built light rifles that I have seen/held, Martini and Hagn has built several with the actions "slabbed" to reduce weight that seemed to balance well. Taking weight only out of the barrel shifts the weight balance behind the trigger which doesn't feel right to me.

Lots of guys don't like a light rifle, they do kick faster and some don't shoot them well as your technique needs to be spot on from the bench. I don't have a problem offhand or from field positions with a light rifle, but balance is important.
 
I think there is far better value out there than the Chritiansen Arms rifles. I know you are looking for something factory offered but if time permits consider a custom build. I don't know if Prairie Gunworks(PGWDTI) is still offering their Titanium sporter actions but it would be worth looking into. I have an M18Ti in 6.5 STW that weighs in at 7 3/4# with 27 1/2" barrel, HS bottom metal, and 4.5-14x50 VXIII mounted.

Well under $5000 with optics.
 
NULA @ around $3000.00 US would be my first choice if I was young, fit and hunting above the treeline on a regular bases..
Others to consider..
Kimber Montana
Remington Original Ti (hard to find as they don't make them any more)
I would not buy a Remington Alaskan Ti
Remington Mt. Rifle LSS and restock with a Wildcat stock (made in Alberta)..
 
for the dollars i would go custom in a mac edge stock. you would get exactly what you wanted with barrel lenth, action and lenth of pull.
 
Duncan Idaho said:
Saw one in WSS in Edmonton South Common. $2400. Built on an SPS in 300WSM. The carbon wrapped barrel was interesting, but the crappy plastic SPS stock from Remington ruined it for me. They just hollowed out the barrel channel to accommodate the bull barrel profile.
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I handled this rifle myself and was speechless......they did as described above as well as machining off the Remington tradeamrk on the receiver and engraving thier own trademark.....the barrel is a factory Rem tube , turned down with the carbon wrap added....what a ripoff:rolleyes:
 
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