If anyone is interested Sportsmanfulfillment.com has Christensen arms Ridgelines on Sale for 999.00. Ive never seen them that cheap. I got the ones I wanted 6.5 Creed and 300wm left.

All I can say is good luck…. When your gun fails to hold zero, save yourself time and break it down and examine the action blocks. If like mine and many, many others I’m aware of, it will be split or broken. Biggest piece of dung ever touted as a “high end” system…. lol, Save yourself a headache and just reach over a couple racks and grab a Seekins and go shoot. But maybe things have changed….my .02, your opinions may vary…

Send it back. Don’t they stand behind their quality?
Money like that, there should be no questions asked.

They don't have a great number of fans on the hunting forums.

I won a Mesa 5 years ago big buck contest,so far it's been a tac driver Vortex 6.5 X 20 50mm...Don't know about the ridgelines

I think they started off good, then upped their production and QC dropped, carbon barrel issues, poor manufacturing defects that should’ve been caught before the gun was boxed……….then it sounds like they blamed POI problems on improper breakin by the customer. To top it off, other names jumped into the light weight, super accurate hunting rifles adding “stiff” competition.
You might’ve got an older CA Rick.

Could be the Mesa doesn't have the carbon wrap barrel...

The blow hard from KY will be chiming in soon....

The Mesa & Evoke don’t have carbon, looks like just their higher end rifles.

Never owned one and probably never will. They have a terrible reputation

It seems that some folks get great ones and other folks get junk. Given the other options available...

I hope the OP got a couple of good ones.

Seems every gun manufacturer can produce mostly decent or better guns. Its usually about how many not decent ones they produce and how they handle it when that happens.

I have seen just about everything in bolt action rifles in my last 60 years. Everyone was happy with a Winchester or Remington and if they could not afford them they went to a used gun or a Savage . Now they look at the new cartridge and the custom factory built guns because of the advertising and what everyone is saying on the forums. There is nothing of any advantage in the new guns for hunting other than lightness. Any good rifle that is set up for you and that has ammo that is giving you the proformance you need will be as good as the new super guns. Unless you are a match shooter or long range shooter. I think the new Tikka is one of the best buys today. Or get a older Remington or Winchester and have a good gunsmith work on it. Lightness does make it much harder to shoot. 7.5 to 8 pounds with scope has been used for years .

You made some good points. But in today's world it seems like everything is moving fast...... changing fast....... and everyone is chasing them $$$$$. What is going on in the firearm and ammo industries is almost mind boggling. Is it all needed ???? Probably not, but because someone finds out they can do..... or design.... or build... it,,,,, they do it !! Usually it's to make a buck....... sometimes it's just because they can. I for one think it's ok to a point.... but the fella that needs to hunt and shoot critters from a thousand yards with his his... or her.... high dollar gun and scope needs to be a better hunter and learn how you can get much much closer for the shot ! Just my opinion !