hi point 995TS

I had one 10 year's ago. Loved it never failed accurate enough to pop cans at 50 yards. Pita to strip down. Best of all is the warranty. Never needed it but read even if you boo boo the rifle up they will fix it. Actually liked it better then my Ruger PCC 9mm. I highly recommend getting one. And shooting the snot out of it.

I had one for about 5 months. They are fun and functional guns, just manage your expectations. They are reasonably accurate and reasonably reliable, and they do have great customer service. They are basically and exercise in how to make the cheapest possible gun that's safe enough to sell. The stocks are flimsy, the sights are crude, the trigger, mag release, and safety are all awkward and mushy. But they are a lot of fun. I would not trust one to defend my life or for a PCC match, but it will work to plink and burn off some ammo.

I liked mine so much I sold it. Maybe I should rephrase that. It was my first 9mm carbine and I found I liked the 9mm carbine concept so much that I decided to sell it to fund a 9mm AR build and have no regrets. I liked the AR9 that I built so much that I also sold it to build an even better AR9!

They're inexpensive, and have a fantastic warranty. Hi-point is nothing I'd trust my life to, but a fun range gun. You get a lot for the money
Mine had feed issues,
but it's nearly ten years old. I ought to sell it, I haven't used it since Moses had mumps.

Buy it. Period.

You will thank me!

Hint: Get a cheap red dot and remove the factory sights ASAP. Added bonus, with the factory front sight off the barrel, it’s no problem to completely strip the rifle to the frame!

Mine has been 100% reliable. Yes, it’s cheap, but it’s as reliable as rifles 2-3x’s the price.
If you just want a gun that works...

They go bang, usually hit what they are pointed at...

I picked up one for less than you can build an AR for. Its one of my wife's favorite guns. It has some hefty kick for a 9mm due to the bolt mass moving back and forth. Mags are cheap to pick up and work well. I have never had a malfunction with mine and it is very accurate. The only complaint I hear from people that have tried it is that its heavy. That can work toward your advantage with the heavy bolt mass though. I do recommend getting one if for nothing else than plain fun.

They run like the Energizer Bunny !!!!
HI-Point has the best CS in the business!!!

I bought the 40 S&W version about 15 years ago. It has never given me any problems and is surprisingly accurate for what it is. I did put a red dot on it. FUGLY as all get out but functions every time.

https://www.hightowerarmory.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HTAMBS95-9

It is an ugly beast, I sold mine 10-12 yrs ago but missed it so much and bought another one! I was thinking getting a 9mm AR but just can't justify spending 2.5X as much. It is a fun little carbine and accurate enough, the 10 rnd single stack magazine is fine for my purpose.

I have one of the old style 995s and I love it. Put it in an ATI stock, added a cheap red-dot (on my 2nd now), and other than a lack of larger mags......I will never sell it. It shoots EVERYTIME, is more than reasonably accurate, and (best of all) has a better trigger and reliability than my friend's Beretta CX4!

I have 3 Hi-Point carbines. So far I haven't had any problems with any of them. They have been reliable. Yes, stripping down the gun is a bit of a pain. But you don't need to do it often. You can buy extra magazines at a lower price than most other guns.

I've got a 995 and a 4595TS.
Fun, reliable and pretty accurate for a pistol round.
Eats my super-basic reloads just fine.
What's not to like?

My brother backed his pickup over my 995 Carbine
Bent in receiver and bent barrel
I sent it in .. they sent me a new one .. and two extra mags

Buckeye63 said:

My brother backed his pickup over my 995 Carbine
Bent in receiver and bent barrel
I sent it in .. they sent me a new one .. and two extra mags

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Yes, Hi-Point CS is legendary!

Buckeye63 said:

My brother backed his pickup over my 995 Carbine
Bent in receiver and bent barrel
I sent it in .. they sent me a new one .. and two extra mags

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Sorta like the Craftmans brand of the old days of Sears.

I have one but haven't shot it since I bought my Ruger PCC 9. My feelings about it are very similar to those of someguy2800's. They are reasonably accurate for a 9 mm PCC and they are pretty heavy, although no worse than the Ruger. They are a pain to disassemble even for basic cleaning. I would not call mine reliable. I have had quite a few failures to feed.

The quality of the magazines that Hi-Point sells for these is quite variable, and I think that is the cause of most of the feed issues. I have measured the width of the magazines at the feed lips and there is significant variability in dimensions so sometimes you have to mess around with the mags and polish the lips to get them to work properly. And with this carbine, you are pretty much limited to the 10 round Hi-Point magazines.

Now since you live in a communist state, the ten round magazine capacity probably is not an issue for you. But you are still going to be stuck with Hi-Point mag quality since the only other magazines made for this carbine are a 20 round RedBall magazine (which you can't have) and some ProMag magazines which will actually void the warranty on the carbine if you use them.

The safety lever is a very thin piece of stamped metal, hard to locate and hard to either engage or disengage. The bolt does lock back on an empty magazine, but to open the bolt and lock it back manually is very awkward. The magazine release lever is not very ergonomic as well. The trigger is mediocre at best and I am not aware of any real aftermarket options to improve it, although I might be wrong about that. The iron sights are crude but actually fairly effective once you get them zeroed.

But all of those limitations might not matter to you at all since you plan to use it as a plinker and range toy and your magazine capacity is already limited by your state's nanny government. The occasional failure to feed and the crude controls and trigger might not be that big an issue either. The carbine does have some significant positive attributes, namely it is cheap, fun to shoot, and reasonably accurate.

But if it were me I would spend a bit more and get the Ruger PCC 9.

I bought one in 2015. I shot it a couple times but for the most part it stayed in the back of my safe. I don't know why, but the recoil impulse was very uncomfortable for me, like it jarred my head somehow with every shot. I blame it on the funky spring loaded buttplate. Then this past summer I installed the HTA kit and it completely changed the gun, it's one of my favorites now. My two 20 round Redball magazines aren't nearly enough anymore, I need to get about 8 more of them. I think I'm also going to add a trigger kit, it's pretty high and mushy with the way the bullpup kit works. If I trusted the gun more I'd keep it in the bedroom for bumps in the night. Not that I've ever had an issue, it's always been 100% reliable. But, you know, it's a Hi Point. Do people actually trust their lives to them?

bassjam said:

I bought one in 2015. I shot it a couple times but for the most part it stayed in the back of my safe. I don't know why, but the recoil impulse was very uncomfortable for me, like it jarred my head somehow with every shot. I blame it on the funky spring loaded buttplate. Then this past summer I installed the HTA kit and it completely changed the gun, it's one of my favorites now. My two 20 round Redball magazines aren't nearly enough anymore, I need to get about 8 more of them. I think I'm also going to add a trigger kit, it's pretty high and mushy with the way the bullpup kit works. If I trusted the gun more I'd keep it in the bedroom for bumps in the night. Not that I've ever had an issue, it's always been 100% reliable. But, you know, it's a Hi Point. Do people actually trust their lives to them?

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So you recommend the HTA kit? It’s pretty expensive for a cheap gun...

Sheesh! everybody has one of these. Mine was so ugly (the old one) that I bought the new stock for it.

Looked like this to start- ugly

New stock- still ugly.......
But it never fails to cycle and fire. About the only thing it needs now is a faux flash hider to give the barrel more length.

Another cheap but functional 9mm PCC is the keltec sub2000. I bought one used 2 years ago. Let the kids on our steel challenge team use it last summer, on day one of them said it wasn't shooting like it should. I thought about it and realized it must have had 4000 rounds through it since being cleaned. It eats anything you feed it.

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So you recommend the HTA kit? It’s pretty expensive for a cheap gun...

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Absolutely. It turns a cheap gun that I never shot into what now feels like a high(er) quality gun that I love shooting. The kit is well engineered and very well made. I spent more on the kit than I did the Hi Point, but i have no regrets. Prior to getting the HTA kit I was contemplating selling the 996ts and buying a Keltec SUB2000. Now that's no longer a consideration.