rukwikenuf wrote:t140 wrote: The friend I was with brought his AI AE in 24" .308 and I can't get it out of my head.
now THAT'S a long range precision gun! the CA-15 fills the need for a heavy caliber, light assault rifle. that's pretty much it's intended purpose. even the Christensen rifles aren't supposed to be precision rigs, but easy to carry hunting rigs. i've been dreaming of a Christensen Carbon Hunter in a magnum caliber. Bill's had one in 300 Win Mag, and i was amazed at how light it actually was. the trigger was great, it has a muzzle break from the factory, the recoil pad was soft, and this (the base model) comes in what i believe to be either a nice Bell and Carlson stock or possibly an HS Precision. probably B&C though. the full carbon stock model has to be insane!
however, the CA-15 you have is one helluva riffel. certainly one that i'd gladly bring with me into harm's way
Now you know why all my good ammo went to his rifle.
The CA-10's are made with Shilen barrels. I've heard that name tossed around with Krieger and Bartlein. So I think they had some kind of precision in mind. Even if it is at a slow rate of fire. The guys at Element said it was guaranteed to .5 MOA and that group measured .317" center to center. But the one good group I got from the AI was .442" at 200 yds, easily smoking the Christensen.
I agree that all of their hunting rifles look insane. I would love to carry one of those hunting. I'll be bringing my CA-10 out for deer next year and I'm sure I won't have any complaints.
Also got some new glass yesterday. It's a Vortex Viper PST 4-16x50, MOA/MOA flavor.