Would you buy a Hi Point?

My way to decide on a firearm -

Have a budget, make a list of the ones which have a stellar reputation, desired features, have great personal experience with, etc. that fit within the budget.

Whether the budget is $500, $800, or $1,200 - pretend as if every make/model is the same price.

Get the most reliable, dependable weapon to the best of your knowledge within your budget. Skimping in price for a firearm is a horrible idea unless you really have to do it.

Beg and borrow for more cash, eat ramen noodles for a couple months, pick burgers off the dollar menu - if your budget is really $200 or less.

See if friends, family, dudes at the local range might sell a better quality used gun for a great price.

I've shot with/beside at least a dozen Hi-Points when still living in Ohio or going back home to visit. Could never recommend them, ever.

If I was broke, maybe.

for the right price...

I wouldn't buy one new because its ugly and not worth the money to me on their pistols however in their defense the carbines they produce wouldn't be too bad to have around in a zombie invasion

i had 1 for bout 2 years in my boat, clean it, oil it and it always went boom when i wanted it to, if it dont however, i will use it as a club, it is a large gun but works in areas i wont take my other guns....

YES.

After reading thread after thread like this on all sorts of firearms forums, I'd buy one just to go against all the never owned one nay-sayers... my neighbor has a pistol and a carbine, and he likes them. I might get a couple just to play with so see how truly good or bad they indeed are.

yes i'd buy another HP. Seriously considering the new 45 carbine

At the right price I think I would probably buy almost any gun just to mess around with.

I would never use one for anything other than a range toy though.

After seeing Iraqveteran8888's Youtube hi-point torture test I gathered $130 up and bought a Hi-point CF.380 Yesterday.

I bought 50rds of cheapo ammo and proceed to run all 50 through it.

Its pretty heavy but I had a blast shooting it. I am even interested in getting the .45 if my dealer can hold on to one for me. "They sell like hot cakes" or so he says.

$130....Get one and go have fun.

Yup, just did. Got a 9mm carbine yesterday. Can't wait to shoot it. I would not buy one of their handguns because I have plenty of other reliable pistols and revolvers. The only other rifle I own is a Ruger 10/22. I think the Hi-point will be great fun to plink with.

Didn't think much of the HP's but after I saw the videos from Irakventeran that changed my mind so I posted this thread... http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=7067207

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I've paid four to six times as much for guns that still malfunctioned and broke anyway. If I need a gun now and only have ~$150, sure, I would buy one.

i'd say no. only because i think they're hideous. yes yes i know, who cares as long as it goes bang. but i like good looking guns

No. Any amount of money you spend on a hi point could be better spent somewhere else. The only way i would ever acquire another hi point would be if someone gave me one, and even then, i would have to think twice about it.

NO..........Save an extra $150 and there is several more options for you to choose from.

In case I haven't said this before. Repeatedly.

YES. For all that it means in my case, since there isn't a weapon on the planet that I wouldn't buy. Beyond that, it's just a matter of priorities.

Now that the .45 carbine is out (I believe?) I might have to sink a couple month's savings into the whole darned set

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Or save $150 and buy a couple of them. I would if I felt I had a real need to have a defensive firearm to engage a real threat but couldn't afford something else. You can get a 9mm Hi Point and a half a case of ammo for a couple hundred dollars and get used to it and become proficient. Show me another surprisingly reliable option that can do the same for as much.

Don't have a HP pistol, but I did buy a HP .45 acp carbine last winter. Mine was $260, it's a keeper. Much more substantial weapon than the $ would suggest. Has been totally reliable but not very accurate. For a fun blaster or low budget HD gun ... hell yes. For budget pistols I'll stick with my $200 CZ 82.

Hi-Point? Absolutely no way.

Why? Because I watched a guy at a range have one break while he was shooting it, watched him walk up to the proshop, come back with another one (both were 9MM) and saw that one break too before the end of my range session, I might consider that a freak coincidence if I didnt personally know two people that bought a 9MM and a .380 on the same day from the same shop, had them both break at about the same time with a round count that was very close to one another.

Hi-Point knows they will break, thats why they offer a lifetime warranty, nobody ever gets thiers back fixed, they just get a new one, thats how that company conducts thier business.

A smart man once told me "A Hi-Point is not as much of a gun as it is a poorly designed club."

Hi-point handgun??

No

Carbine??

If only it werent so stinking ugly,

I have been very tempted and have shot a couple of carbines, but, frankly I just cant get past the ugliness of them, even though they come to my shoulder and point BETTER than any other gun I own.