{"id":148138,"date":"2021-07-25T12:36:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T16:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=148138"},"modified":"2021-07-25T12:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:34:17","slug":"ca5five6-ar-15-from-christensen-arms-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ca5five6-ar-15-from-christensen-arms-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The CA5five6 AR-15 from Christensen Arms: Workhorse Reliable but Should It Shoot Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019d guess most people who know of Christensen Arms<\/a> of Gunnison, Utah, do so because of their carbon-fiber wrapped barrels and their various bolt-action rifles. Understandably, as both have wide-reaching reputations, especially among those of us who like the longer-distance capabilities of bolt actions like their Modern Precision Rifle or MPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Christensen also makes AR-style rifles, and last year debuted the CA5five6, an AR-15 chambered in .223 Wylde. I saw the carbon fiber barrel and carbon-infused handguard and thought it looked interesting and cool and requested one. Soon after my CA5five6 arrived, I used it to review Trijicon\u2019s then-new ACOG 1-8x rifle scope. The rifle worked fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The CA5five6 from Christensen Arms is a stylish-looking AR-15.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then, after many months, I finally got around to reviewing the rifle itself. In shooting over 300 rounds through the rifle, I did not have a single failure to feed or eject. I am a fan of the Trigger-Tech trigger, too, and I still think the rifle looks cool\u2014which has nothing to do with a rifle\u2019s functionality, but all other things being equal? I like cool looking silverish-bronzed receivers and rails over straight black-on-black and blah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a potential knock against the rifle. The CA5five6 is backed by the Christensen Arms Sub-MOA Guarantee. But despite a couple of MOA groups, I couldn\u2019t get consistent sub-MOA out of my CA5five6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the accuracy issue could be a problem with me, of course, as the shooter. It could also reflect the reality that some rifles do very well with specific brands of ammunition and not so well with others and, in this case, I didn\u2019t end up using the brands that might work best in the CA5five6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
McCombie accuracy tested the CA5five6 with these three brands of .223 Rem ammunition.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now, to be clear, it wasn\u2019t as if I was pegging five-inch groups. Definitely not. But my average was much closer to 1.5-inches at 100 yards, not sub-MOA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, here\u2019s what I experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my accuracy testing with the CA5five 6 is used: American Eagle .223 Rem firing a 62-grain full-metal jacket (FMJ) bullet, from Federal Premium<\/a>; Norma<\/a> Tactical .223 Rem loaded with a 55-grain FMJ bullet; and Speer<\/a> Gold Dot Personal Protection .223 Rem loaded with a 62-grain Gold Dot Soft Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My best five-shot groups, at 100 yards and firing from a rest, were with the Speer Personal Protection. The top group here scored .85 inches, for five shots out of six taken, while the average was approximately 1.20 inches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
Speer Gold Dot Personal Protection .223 put five of these shots at under one-inch at 100 yards.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The very best I could do with the Norma Tactical was 1.30 inches, and the American Eagle averaged right at 1.40-inches. In both cases, I had groups of 1.70- to 1.90-inches also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my first testing, I became frustrated with the groups I was shooting. When this happens, I\u2019ve found my best move is to leave and return in the next day or two. Which is what I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The barrel of the CA5five6 sports a three-prong flash hider.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Part of my frustration was because I have used Christensen bolts in the past, specifically, the Modern Precision Rifle and the Ridgeline, and both shot .5 MOA groups all day, with whatever ammunition I ran through them. Fair or not, my expectation was the same for the CA5five6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I returned to my shooting range two days later with the CA5five6 and I still shot nearly the same exact groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The adjustable MFT Minimalist stock felt solid on McCombie’s shoulder.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now, I don\u2019t consider any of these groups of 1.5 inches terrible. And if other shooters and reviewers have fired better groups, got better accuracy, that\u2019s fine. No arguments from me. I know many of the people at Christensen Arms, too, and they are honorable folk. I have to assume they scored sub-MOA groups in their testing or they would not have placed their sub-MOA Guarantee on this rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I couldn\u2019t do it, not consistently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The CA5five6’s handguard combines carbon fiber and aluminum.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The CA5five6 weighs in at just 6.3 pounds, unloaded. Credit that lighter weight to the carbon-fiber wrapped stainless steel barrel and the carbon-aluminum hybrid handguard. As is pretty much standard for AR-15s, both the upper and lower receivers are made from forged 7075 aluminum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to my Lyman<\/a> Digital Trigger Pull Gauge, my CA5five6\u2019s TriggerTech<\/a> trigger averaged a crisp 2 pounds, 3 ounces of trigger pull. The trigger had a very slight uptake, and it did reset immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The rifle’s TriggerTech trigger averaged a crisp 2 lbs., 3oz. of pull.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The recoil from the CA5five6\u2019s direct impingement gas system was minimal. The flared magazine well made quick magazine changes easy and intuitive. And I loved the CA5five6\u2019s two-tone color pattern of silverish-bronze and black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CA5five6 is a lightweight and nimble rifle that feels great on the shoulder, too. I wish I could have scored better groups with it, true, but the rifle will certainly do the job for most shooting, from plinking and home defense needs, as well as for hunting medium-sized and smaller game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Specs:  CA5five6 from Christensen Arms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caliber: 223 Wylde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action: Semi-Auto, direct-impingement gas system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barrel: 16\u201d 416R Stainless Steel Aerograde Carbon Fiber Wrapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twist Rate: 1:8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bolt Carrier Group: Black Nitride Finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handguard: 15\u201d Aluminum Hybrid Carbon Fiber, available in M-Lok\u00ae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trigger: Single Stage, TriggerTech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upper and Lower Receivers: Forged 7075 Aluminum, silver-bronze tone finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stock: MFT\u00ae Minimalist, adjustable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length: 33.25\u201d to 36.25\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weight: 6.3 Lbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MISC: \u00bd \u00d7 28 Threaded Muzzle, Stainless Steel 3-prong Flash Hider, Flared Magwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSRP: $1,695.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christensen Arms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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