Father in law bought a High Point and...

[Magnumite]

8 rounds of FMJ and 8 rounds of Silvertip into the dirt. Now there's an evaluation for a friend.

Maybe a Wilson Combat CQB would have gotten shot 32 rounds into the dirt.

The guy is trusting you to sight it in...use a target.

 

[Bezoar]

who says that a handgun has to be "pretty and expensive" to be owned or used?
its a good price for a weapon thats proven to be a good servicable weapon over the years. That is more important then something expensive and non functional.

For example, how many american gis would have killed to have an old beater of a mosin nagant rifle in the jungles of nam when they had an m16 seize up on them on a weekly or daily basis?

 

[Duke of Doubt]

I draw a distinction between the original Hi-Points, which resembled a misbegotten water pistol, and the newer Hi-Points, which actually don't look half-bad, other than that hilarious chromed grip screw which looks like something I used to sell at an HWI store as a kid. The squarish blue plastic guns we all remember are gone, replaced by some much more ergonomic curved-grip designs in matte black. I'm not saying I like them, I'm not saying I'd even have one, but I'm a firm believer in giving the devil his due, and Hi-Points have come a long way.

 

[SirYarquest]

Wasn't going to chime in in but....

I work at "one of the suppliers" that gets lots of shout outs on here, we thank you BTW. Anyway, I bought my HP 15 years ago, 9MM pistol. Yes it's heavy, yes the sites suck, no adjustment, no it's not accurate at 50 yards, but it does shoot everytime. I have run countless rounds through it. Why not, I get my ammo for free, call it a perk. All in all, it's a good gun for the money. I would take advantage of the shortage of handguns, sell it to someone who isn't going to shoot the hell out of it, and move up to a better gun. Now that he got his feet wet. He'll get what he's got in it if not more.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Sir YArquest.

 

[wyocarp]

I'm a gun snob, but heck, I'd go shoot it. I'll shoot anything that I don't expect to blow up. Aren't we all into this to pull a trigger and hear, "Bang".

 

[Deanimator]

A guy at our club brought one once. I don't think he got more than two consecutive rounds without a stoppage of some sort.

There are a LOT of good used guns, such as SIG P6s and S&W Model 10s out there that you could buy instead.

Blowbacks in calibers more powerful than 9x18mm Makarov are rare, and for good reason. I don't want a 9x19mm handgun who's slide alone weighs more than some entire 9x19mm handguns, and whose recoil spring could be swapped into the suspension of an M4 Sherman.

 

[broken]

.......

my dad had a hi/point 9 till his horse tradeing buddy hounded him anough to trade a real nice smith wesson 10-6 .38 straight up,theyre both happy"go figure".i liked the c9 but dang the revolver is like new,think my dad did fine.

 

[jigglyjames29]

Whenever I think of Hi-Points, I think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvbMf4BAx4M&feature=related

 

[rondog]

Whenever I think of Hi-Points, I think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvbMf...eature=related

Whenever I holster my 1911, I think of that video, and why I carry.

 

[ozwyn]

Well.. if he has to use it in self-defense, and the police take it and (badly) store it for six months and it comes back wrecked, there is no heartbreak either.

The real shame of a nice pretty gun is what happens if it is used for defense and gets mistreated as evidence.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

Thanks, jigglyjames, for that fine film. The best part is you can, with technical help, make out some personal information from the brat's computer screen -- and using that and the printing on his T-shirt, determine his probable identity.

 

[indoorsoccerfrea]

wow...that video is kind of sad...

but anyways, back on topic...as has been said, hipoints are not bad guns. cheaply priced, yes. nicest looking, no. they'll get the job done though.

 

[theotherwaldo]

Hi-Points are to the shooting sports what a tire iron is to martial arts. Crude, clumsy, and consistent.

 

[sarduy]

use Blazer the HP love it

 

[CajunBass]

The 9mm I've got has been all but flawless for almost 2,000 rounds. It has jammed about a half dozen times, but four of those were out of one box of reloads so they might have been ammo related more than gun. It was pretty accurate too, or at least as accurate as I could shoot it. Not bad for $139.00 (back then). I haven't shot it for a couple of years, I got bored with it and moved on to something else, but it workes.

 

[ZO6Vettever]

The thread below this one is "Kimber 45 CDP Pro misfeeding". Gun snobs belong on another forum.

 

[sohcgt2]

I have several friends who keep them as "car" guns, the idea being if its stolen they are only out $150.

 

[Zundfolge]

So have High Point improved their quality in recent years?

I've recently seen several threads here and on other gun forums extolling the reliability of these guns, yet the handful of High Points I've handled and shot over the years were jam-o-matic pieces of junk?

 

[Joshu]

Well one of the more regretful things I have ever done was to tell a friend he got taken on a car. It might have been the "honest" thing to do, but it sure wasn't a kind thing. Everytime he drove it pissed him off or upset him in some fashion. Disappointment springs up often enough without encouragement. Don't make him hate the thing. Let him enjoy it. He may up and start buying better, he might "love" this one to its eventual death, or he might grow sick of shooting altogether.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

A guy at our club brought one once. I don't think he got more than two consecutive rounds without a stoppage of some sort.

The $900 gun I referenced earlier had a stoppage on the second shot I ever fired through it, broke off an extractor and shed firing pin safety parts on the range floor. At least after the third repair they gave me a new gun - but then that one broke, this time thumb safety parts.

[T]here are a LOT of good used guns, such as SIG P6s and S&W Model 10s out there that you could buy instead.

Well, sure, for twice as much money. You can't get either of those guns for a Franklin and a Grant. If I needed a gun badly enough and that was all the money I had, I would buy a Hi-Point without hesitation.

 

[makarovnik]

My Hi-Point .45 kicks the crap out of my Thompson 1911A1 in every way except ergonomics.

 

[Owen Sparks]

8 rounds of FMJ and 8 rounds of Silvertip into the dirt. Now there's an evaluation for a friend.

Maybe a Wilson Combat CQB would have gotten shot 32 rounds into the dirt. The guy is trusting you to sight it in...use a target.

Hold on. I am taking it to a proper range with benches and sand bags tomorrow. I just poped off a couple of magazines in the yard the other night to see if it would feed.

 

[Geno]

Owen:

Careful what ya say to the FIL. He just might retort something like:

Glad ya like it son...cuz tha' thar's y'ur inher'tence! Was gonna buy ya a Colt 1911, but the durned market tanked! So, I did what I could an' bought cha a Hi-Point! I sure am glad cha like it!

Geno

 

[shaggy430]

Hold on. I am taking it to a proper range with benches and sand bags tomorrow. I just poped off a couple of magazines in the yard the other night to see if it would feed.

Be sure to wear a disguise. By all of the and in your original post I'm sure you wouldn't want anyone to see you shooting a gun that was so beneath you.

 

[RyanM]

High Points aren't that bad for what they cost, but $150 is "finding a deal?" Just out of curiosity, how much would a new Glock run in your area?

Here, the regular price for a High Point 9mm is $140 (and Glocks go for about $500 for the standard models).

A friend of mine has a High Point .380 as his only centerfire pistol, but that's because Bud's (which he lives pretty close to) had them on sale for $100 awhile back. That is more like a deal.