Preacherman
February 18, 2004, 10:43 PM
Dropped in at my favorite gunstore this afternoon. Went and got myself a cup of coffee from the urn, moved over to the counter, took a stool, and commenced batting the breeze with the owner/gunsmith and some of the usual suspects. If you want to hear high-level gun conversation (interspersed with social commentary, political debate, and several off-the-wall jokes) between a gunshop owner, a police captain, a Catholic priest, a Presbyterian pastor, a butcher, a retired Marine NCO, and several other "old faithful", this is a great gunshop to visit! :D
The owner brought out a Hi-Point 9mm. carbine to show us. All of us have owned and/or shot these guns, and like them very much as low-cost, accurate, reliable weapons. This one looked a bit strange - the pistol grip looked as if it had been hammered, drilled, folded, spindled and mutilated. Curious, we demanded an explanation.
It seems George the gang-banger had "bought this carbine from a friend" (and the owner is running the serial number through our friend the captain, just to be sure... :rolleyes: ). Anyway, George wasn't happy that the magazine only held nine or ten rounds: his boyz in the hood were making fun of him, 'cause their guns held more. So, George somehow got his hands on a 20-round 1911 magazine - for .45's, of course (never mind that the Hi-Point is a 9mm. carbine). George decided that this is just what he needed to impress his buddies, and sets out to make the magazine fit into the gun.
First, he bashed on the magazine, all around, to make it smaller. From the looks of it, he used a hammer, and probably his boots as well. Then, he removed the follower, and replaced it with the 9mm. follower from his original Hi-Point magazine. Finally, he inserted the magazine into the pistol grip. Needless to say, it didn't fit very well... so he took a hammer and made it fit, all the way up the pistol grip. He aided this effort by using a drill (with a cutting wheel and various drill bits) on the handle. He eventually made it fit so well that it broke through the top of the pistol grip and thoroughly jammed up the bolt and slide of the carbine. (It also cracked the pistol grip wide open, thank you very much...)
Having got this far, George discovered that he couldn't move the bolt, work the trigger, or fire the carbine. At about this point, he decided that he needed some professional help, and brought the carbine in to the gunshop with a demand that it be fixed - UNDER WARRANTY, BECAUSE IT WAS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE!!!
I can't repeat the rest of the gunshop conversation, as it was scatological, anatomically specific, and graphic - let's just say it concerned the gang-banger's ancestry, current worth and future prospects, in exhaustive detail. There were also a fair number of suggestions as to how the carbine could be better fitted to its owner - also anatomically specific... :D
The owner brought out a Hi-Point 9mm. carbine to show us. All of us have owned and/or shot these guns, and like them very much as low-cost, accurate, reliable weapons. This one looked a bit strange - the pistol grip looked as if it had been hammered, drilled, folded, spindled and mutilated. Curious, we demanded an explanation.
It seems George the gang-banger had "bought this carbine from a friend" (and the owner is running the serial number through our friend the captain, just to be sure... :rolleyes: ). Anyway, George wasn't happy that the magazine only held nine or ten rounds: his boyz in the hood were making fun of him, 'cause their guns held more. So, George somehow got his hands on a 20-round 1911 magazine - for .45's, of course (never mind that the Hi-Point is a 9mm. carbine). George decided that this is just what he needed to impress his buddies, and sets out to make the magazine fit into the gun.
First, he bashed on the magazine, all around, to make it smaller. From the looks of it, he used a hammer, and probably his boots as well. Then, he removed the follower, and replaced it with the 9mm. follower from his original Hi-Point magazine. Finally, he inserted the magazine into the pistol grip. Needless to say, it didn't fit very well... so he took a hammer and made it fit, all the way up the pistol grip. He aided this effort by using a drill (with a cutting wheel and various drill bits) on the handle. He eventually made it fit so well that it broke through the top of the pistol grip and thoroughly jammed up the bolt and slide of the carbine. (It also cracked the pistol grip wide open, thank you very much...)
Having got this far, George discovered that he couldn't move the bolt, work the trigger, or fire the carbine. At about this point, he decided that he needed some professional help, and brought the carbine in to the gunshop with a demand that it be fixed - UNDER WARRANTY, BECAUSE IT WAS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE!!!
I can't repeat the rest of the gunshop conversation, as it was scatological, anatomically specific, and graphic - let's just say it concerned the gang-banger's ancestry, current worth and future prospects, in exhaustive detail. There were also a fair number of suggestions as to how the carbine could be better fitted to its owner - also anatomically specific... :D