Christensen Arms Ranger 22lr - Out of the box Accuracy Review 

We have been consistently referencing our groups from the outside diameter of the groups in a lot of our videos. At the end of the day, does it really matter? You can still clearly see how precise a round/ rifle combination works by the video.

@@ChuckinTV yes it absolutely matters..you're doing it wrong and giving wrong information to people. Furthermore you're shortchanging your own rifle. Do it right or don't do it.

@@ngirardo86 As I said, We have been very consistent. Whether you think we are doing wrong or not, we do provide a baseline for every rifle we test the same way. We're not here to hold people's hand here. There's a level of understanding that we think our audience gains from not only watching this video, but some our others as well. If it's a half inch on the outside of the group it is still an awesome group.

@@ChuckinTV LOL you are the farthest thing from consistent!! And clearly as dim as a dying bulb I've shot with children who can measure groups properly your a grown ass man even if it's a man who shoots with stupid Walmart special thinsulate gloves on..but all your doing for all your "viewers" is shoeing them the wrong way to do things and making them look like idiots around competent people. You have a very hard time admitting you're wrong when someone calls you out huh? That much is crystal clear. Keep up the horrible work though.

Chuckin' you need to block people like this, I feel sorry for his family lol

Mine hates velocitors, but it loves the aguila super extra and CCI standard

Velocitors have always been money for me they’re great inside 100 yards and hit hard.

@@md3280 I have an old brick of Rem Yellow Jackets that are surprisingly accurate. Pretty consistent 1 inch groups out of my Kimber HS22.at 100yds. Last time I took it out for woodchucks I was 8 for 8, all 1 shot kills. Pretty impressive for the little 22 rf!! I have a new brick of YJ’s too I need to test sometime. I doubt they are as accurate as the old box but hopefully I’ll be surprised.

@@bepropheta6665 If you ever get a chance to get your hands on some velociters I suggest you give them a try. I used them in a 22 with an old midway target barrel in our farm truck. I’ve shot everything from squirrels to coyotes with it. I have recovered quite a few bullets and they act just like a big game bullet in the way they mushroom.

@@md3280 Hands on them now? You’re kidding right? :-) I’ve shot them before but never out of my Kimber. I’ve used Rem Vipers too and remember that bullet being an awesome penetrator. CCI made a 36gr hp round that shot really well for me too, killed a lot of rabbits with it. It shot as well as the yellow jackets just not quite as destructive.

@@bepropheta6665 Why would I be kidding it’s a 40 grain bullet going well over 1400 fps. Which quite frankly equates to more energy than a lighter bullet going the same speed. Just my honest opinion based on actual use in the field and targets.

Prove it

Absolutely. At least 50 rounds to season the bore to a particular load, and .22 precision rifles like these are designed around standard velocity lead ammunition. No copper jacket or copper wash. I would be interested to see if the velocitors produce consistent groupings like the one he shot here. Stretch her out to 100 and 150 yards and see what happens then. The velocitors just might be hitting the right harmonic node. Only testing will tell.

@@mikewilliams719 Does that mean I should go to the range and simply dump 50 rounds down range before I report on anything or even sight it in?

@@miguellucero Try 10 rounds . Clean the barrel between testing different brands of ammo .

Coming out with a left hand?

@@tomwaddle330 My shootin' buddy and I were talking about the Christensen , and he is seriously considering one, I'll be sure to mention these points of yours to him, when I see him next week at the range.

There is

Eric here. Yeah I personally don’t care the action on the ranger. The ruger bolt is much smoother. I would pick those loads up if I could find them. All of the above loads is just what we have.

@@ChuckinTV Well the good news is that it's 'dead on' with the Velocitor. That's fairly rare! Normally, a high charged load that's unpredictable. Now you can confidently go squirrel, fox or rabbit hunting with Velocitor and make a clean kill. I think it's Woodchuck season in CT so it probably is where you are. Can you get that close to a Woodchuck without scaring him off? Challenge of the month!

@@dgreenapple I've had really good luck with the Velocitors in my Ruger American as well. So I highly recommend the stuff if you can find it. And we might try to work in a chuck or two with the Ranger and Velocitors. Kinda hard to take a 22lr out when we have all of these awesome 22WMRs laying around haha.

Yeah the velocitors have been pretty good in other bolt actions as well.

same as the tacsol owyhee takedown 22. :( which ive seen zero shot reviews so far

We've had a few people mention that and we did not do that here to be honest. Garrett has sold this rifle since this video and picked up a CZ instead. Video pending there... but he had much more success with a variety of ammo on that test without fouling the barrel with each ammo before going for groups. So is there merit fouling the barrel with a certain ammo before shooting said ammo for a group? Maybe so. We have never tried it. But at the end of the day, the CZ shoots better than the Christensen. If you look at our channel, I ran a similar test with just a Ruger American 22lr and that shot almost as well as the Ranger in this video.

Garrett traded this one in for a CZ 457. That seems to outperform this with cheap and high end ammo

I don't get it! If a Minute of Angle is One Inch @ 100 yards, why wouldn't it be half of that at half of the distance?

@@jim7576 They have a sub-moa 50 yard guarantee.

I don’t know: did not think about the actual dimensions of the case. But we tested it and showed the results in this video. It’s safe to say that stingers aren’t the ammo of choose for the CA Ranger

Look at a 22lr bullet the projectile is the same diameter as case. Stingers are are lighter gr bullet so they lengthen the case for more powder but bullet is the same length. Barrel and chamber are high strength steel the soft e lead is not going to hurt it the case is not engaging into rifling

I thought .22 LR bullets were .222" and center fire bullets .224"

"you don't do this channel because you know what you're doing do you."

Vortex Viper HS 4-16x50 and it was about 750 at a local shop

Garrett actually sold this rifle and got a CZ Precision Trainer instead. I personally (Eric) had issues with the bolt binding and tough feeding. I'd say for the price of this rifle, look at something else. 750$ can buy a much nicer 22 in my opinion

0l0 I'll

It will go down to 2.5lbs

Quickly coming to same conclusion. Or at least the use of the ruger mag ,as reliable as it is) require tighter tolerances. For example the RPR can be very hit and miss.

We share the same sentiment

750. Garrett has since sold this and got a CZ 457 Precision Trainer instead

@@ChuckinTV CZ rifles shoot extremely well ...better than is Christensen !

MOA is like cone of fire so 1 MOA which is just over 1 inch at one hundred yards. So at 50 yard it has to be smaller 1/2 inch

yep..... :(

@@ChuckinTV I can only shoot @100 yards, which sorts the ammo pretty quickly. I know some ammo is difficult to get at the moment but here's a few that you should try (from experience) that have shot sub 1 MoA. CCI AR Tactical, Geco semi automatic and Eley Action (40gn, trying the 42 on Friday). All at the cheaper end but shoot above their weight...good luck!

We have a video on that as well

Ever want to sell lemme know trying to get my kids involved with .22 club shooting sports looking for a quality bolt gun

Agreed

Trigger isn't anything special either. This is the price of the gemtech integrally suppressed barrel dudes. You can't tell me that isn't a better buy. You can even put a can on it and go two can Sam.