The Hi-Point Throwdown

No one's forcing you to be here. I personally welcome Justin's tests and findings; no matter what they might be. And as said, it looks like he has a life. Nothing against your interest in guns, I too love them, but we all don't have the time to average 360 posts a month on this forum like you do.

Justin hasn't abandoned the test. He said a couple weeks ago that between some unexpected work and some plans he already had made, it might take some time. By all means, forget this thread for a while. Come back once a week; or better yet, visit his blog once a week and see if/when he updates.

One would expect him to be faster with the gun he shoots regularly. That said, considering he is starting from a low ready with the high point those are pretty notable time differences.

I'm guessing that with 7,165 posts here, you've squandered quite a lot of your life doing just that Maverick.

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True, but there are so many other ways to squander my free time (which I have more of due to a decline at work right now).

Hey i got 20k posts on my favorite car forum that i've been posting at for years. I know your sickness well my friend.

...it is clear that he has abandoned the test...

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Dang. I wonder why.

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Looks like we are up to 13 pages now was curious
if this is the longest Hi Point thread here? or is there another
one out there in the archives?

CoRoMo said:

Dang. I wonder why.

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It was a joke. The guy is just busy. The real deal is posted on his blog. Drop in over there once and a while and you will know all there is to know about the test. All this here is conjecture and bickering over the best gun ever made.

All this here is conjecture and bickering over the best gun ever made.

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Sorry for posting all the HK P7 pix then...

Sorry for posting all the HK P7 pix then..

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Never apologize for posting good gun pics

Back to the thread.. I personally don't care now how
this competition turns out now. The Hi Point hung with
the big boys and thats good enough for me. What other
gun thats NIB in the $150 range can do this? I think that
speaks volumes here.

My Godson had his 995 out at the range last night. The batteries burned out in his red dot, so he was just "guessing", and he was still shooting 1 to 1.5" groups at 10yds with his 9mm 995 carbine and Corbon 115gr+P Sierra JHP.

He fired 3 mags of it, no problems. All told he's got about 600rds of various hollowpoints through that gun, from subsonic 147gr to the hottest +P+, and it feeds and ejects it all without fail.

It's a great little carbine.

Justin, thanks for the update.

Good show.

Thanks Justin...you continue to support the position that it's the shooter more than the gun.

I think a lot of *top* competitors can squeeze out the fine points of top tier weapons, but for most of us, any decently functioning and passably accurate firearm will do the job for HD.

I would say that the HP is both of those.

I also thank you for the update.

I am now starting to get the itch for a Hi-Point.

Here is mine

hi-points rule for accuracy, don't believe me? borrow one and check it out.
Not great carriers though, heavy and bulky to conceal,otherwise cool pistols and cool warranty, the hipoint forum sucks though, the moderators are trolls

Here is mine with glow-on.com night sights

Thanks for the update. I've found your results very interesting. Again, those time differences really are rather notable.

gatopardo said:

hi-points rule for accuracy, don't believe me? borrow one and check it out.
Not great carriers though, heavy and bulky to conceal,otherwise cool pistols and cool warranty, the hipoint forum sucks though, the moderators are trolls

Here is mine with glow-on.com night sights

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I woildn't say that they rule for accuracy but they are accurate enough, as in most guns, they are more accurate than my skills allow.
I have carried the C9 on occasion and no worse than other guns that I carry though it is a bit wider than others.
There is more than one Hi-Point forum. I won't say anything about HPFF as I cannot say anything good but Hi Point Talk is a fun forum without the egotists.

Nice sights, I'm going to check them out.

Where are the 45 cal carbines from Hi Point?

Where's the 45 caliber Carbine that Hi Point said was coming out this month? I'd at least like to look at one. If they are over $300, I'd get another AK rifle or Draco AK pistol!!
JT

Website still has Aug '10 as the "projected" release date, who knows when it will really come out.

Hey i got 20k posts on my favorite car forum that i've been posting at for years. I know your sickness well my friend

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I have over 80k at my favorite car forum.

I'm sorry if it sounds cliche by now, but my whole position on Hi Points from the start has been:

They work. Higher priced guns just work BETTER.

This whole Hi Point throwdown just seems to bear that out.

Where's the 45 caliber Carbine that Hi Point said was coming out this month?

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I wouldn't hold my breath.

you mean the same carbine that was due to be released 4 years ago...? call them and you'll see the answer... "it's comming soon" next fall, winder, summer, spring...." you pick

I don't understand the delay. The .45acp is a much lower pressure cartridge than the 9mm or .40S&W. I would think a .45 version would be significantly easier to make, for that reason.

But then again, i am not a gun maker....