Christensen Arms "Carbon One Extreme II" review by Nutnfancy

Shoot consistent sub MOA with a gun that weighs 6.5 pounds. Actually expect a bit when outfitted: this .300 WSM Christensen Arms (CA) "Extreme II" bolt gun shows a full up weight of 7 lbs 8 oz. And that's with an excellent Swarovski Z3 4-12x50 scope and Talley steel rings. Hefting this featherweight rig will bring a smile if you've ever dreamed of lighweight guns while humping gear at high altitudes. It features an excellent 3.5 lb Timney trigger (adjustable), proprietary carbon fiber stock with excellent colorations and traction, graphite bedding block, smooth running skeletonized bolt, titanium muzzle brake (extra), enhanced extractor, and Limbsaver recoil pad. This pad with the compensator made felt recoil very manageable even with the gun' lightweight. The threaded barrel will make suppressor integration easy. However the heart of the CA carbon rifles is their barrel: match grade Shilen liners wrapped in proprietary carbon fiber system. It has some key advantages over a steel barrel of same diameter: cools 400% faster, experiences less thermal stress, longer barrel life, and weighs 2/3s less. I found this Extreme II did indeed deliver bull barrel performance and accurate sustained fire was achieved in 20 round strings. Minor heat stringing was noted and in all shooting was conducted rapidly with no cool downs. Accuracy was excellent as demonstrated by two different loads; time and money prevented more load development and testing. No matter though: the gun off rest scored a 2.5" group at 300 yards with HUNTING ammunition. This same .300 WSM FUSION load scored several ¾" groupings as well at 100 yds in my hands (shooting shown). With match grade loads and careful shooting the Extreme II will shoot into one hole. The gun delivers the promised sub-MOA accuracy and yet its carry weight and barrel stability are phenomenal. I found this .300 WSM hard hitting and joy to shoot. Your CA Extreme II will be built to your specifications however, with choices of caliber, stock coloration, and barrel length up to you (18" to 26"). Apparently this customization and lightweight performance does not come cheap: list is around $3000, street price will come in around $2,700, more with options perhaps. Several more expensive carbon fiber alternatives exist like Jense Precision or Bettin Custom but my initial research showed them to be about $2,000 MORE expensive. Yowsa. These too are excellent CF barreled rifles (with ABS/Proof Research) barrels but they represent less value to me. And while some are shocked at the price (me too kind of), there are many folks out there that buy these guns and buy them a lot. The Extreme II, and its more expensive stablemate, the "Carbon One," will set you back some coin but they deliver what they promise. Smooth, consistent, handsome, and extremely accurate, they are guns that can step up to action hunting or tactical roles with confidence./////////////////////////////////////Nutnfancy Likability Scale (price not considered): 10 out 10, price considered: 6 out of 10//////////////////////Music courtesy of TNPr El Dudio at youtube.com/eldudio

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[Nygle123]

Bolt gun!

[WTFisAuserFRCKINname]

I don't know why I love bolt action so much. It has to be for the history of it, the sound it makes when cycling, loading each case (for my own fix) individually, hell, what doesn't it do better than a semi?!

[atactfulben]

if i had 3 grand to spend on a bolt gun i would by a remington 700 and spend the rest on ammo

[snake57]

I like his selection of music. Tasteful in context of the video.

[rdsii64]

If you ar willing to use a shilen reciever, you can build it yourself and save the gunsmithing bill.

A shilen barreled action uses a barrel nut like a savage but otherwise is a remington pattern reciever.

[rdsii64]

Christianson Arms makes some damn find guns. My problem is that as nice as their guns are, they are a bit over priced for what you get. You can have a R700 reciever blueprinted and mated to a carbon wraped barrel and bedded in an HS precision stock for 1800 dollars. In todays economy a 700 dollar savings means a lot

[Ciankgn]

a remington 700 review perhaps?? cheers for all the vids!

[BelowAverageJay]

just when I thinkk nutn does a review on a bolt gun I can pick up. Its on a 2500 dollar gun! lol oh well. when pigs fly

[aslkfja]

nice gun, fucking music (thumbs down)

[EvanN108]

@CGTA1 I believe it means it does not touch the stock past the barrel attaching area. That allows no extra pull on the barrel. That keeps it straighter and more accurate.

[crazy0ace1]

@CGTA1 it means that the barrel doesn't come into contact with the stock past the trigger grouping. it makes the gun more accurate over long distances.

[CGTA1]

What does it mean to be a " free floating" barrel.