Description
The Christensen Ridgeline FFT 7mm PRC is a lightweight carbon-barreled hunting rifle chambered in the cartridge that has quietly become the default choice for western big game. It runs a 24 inch carbon fiber wrapped threaded barrel, a burnt bronze Cerakote steel receiver, and a Sporter FFT carbon fiber stock, holds 3+1, and carries a written sub-MOA accuracy guarantee.
Christensen Ridgeline FFT 7mm PRC Barrel and Brake
The barrel is a 416R stainless steel core wrapped in aerograde carbon fiber, button rifled, match chambered, and free floating the full length of the forend. Twenty-four inches is the length 7mm PRC was designed around, and the carbon wrap keeps that barrel from making the rifle nose-heavy while helping it shed heat between shots.
A removable brake comes fitted at the threaded muzzle, and on a rifle this light chambered in a magnum it earns its place. It takes the sting out of a cartridge that would otherwise be unpleasant in a sub-seven-pound package, and it unthreads cleanly when a suppressor goes on instead.
Why 7mm PRC
7mm PRC was built from scratch around long, heavy, high-BC 7mm bullets in a modern non-belted case. That matters more than it sounds. The older 7mm magnums were designed when bullets were shorter and twist rates slower, so they never fully exploited what the 7mm bore can do. This one does.
The practical result is a cartridge that shoots as flat as anything in its class, retains energy well past 700 yards, and does it without the throat erosion reputation that follows the older belted magnums. For elk and mule deer at real distances it is difficult to argue against.
Action, Stock, and Trigger
The receiver is precision machined by Christensen Arms on a Remington 700 footprint, drilled and tapped, and finished in burnt bronze Cerakote to match the barrel hardware. Standard 700 bases and rings fit, so setting the rifle up with good glass is a solved problem rather than a parts hunt.
The Sporter FFT stock uses Christensen Flash Forged Technology carbon fiber with spot bedding and carbon fiber bedding pillars, giving the action a rigid and repeatable platform without the weight of a conventional bedded stock. The carbon with green and tan accent pattern blends well across timber, sage, and mixed country. The trigger is a TriggerTech with the company frictionless release.
Specifications
- Model: Ridgeline FFT
- Manufacturer part number: 801-06322-01
- Caliber: 7mm PRC
- Action: Bolt action, Remington 700 footprint receiver, drilled and tapped
- Capacity: 3+1
- Barrel length: 24 in., 416R stainless with aerograde carbon fiber wrap, free floating
- Muzzle: Threaded with removable brake
- Finish: Burnt Bronze Cerakote receiver
- Stock: Sporter FFT carbon fiber, carbon with green and tan accents, spot bedded with carbon fiber pillars
- Trigger: TriggerTech
- Accuracy: Sub-MOA guarantee
- UPC: 840290521812
Why Buyers Choose the Christensen Ridgeline FFT 7mm PRC
Weight is the short answer. A 24 inch magnum barrel normally means a rifle you notice on a long climb. Carbon wrapping removes a meaningful amount of that without giving up stiffness or heat capacity, so you get full-length-barrel ballistics in a rifle that carries like a standard hunting arm.
The accuracy guarantee is the other half. Christensen puts sub-MOA in writing rather than implying it, and between the match chamber, the free-floating carbon barrel, and the bedded carbon stock, the rifle has the components to back that up.
Who Should Buy It
The Christensen Ridgeline FFT 7mm PRC suits western elk and mule deer hunters who cover ground on foot and may need to reach across a canyon, and anyone who wants one rifle capable of nearly anything in North America short of the big bears. If your shots are all inside 250 yards in timber, a 6.5 Creedmoor or 308 version of this rifle will be cheaper to feed and much easier on the shoulder.
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