jk2008
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I had a .45ACP Hi Point for a few years and found it to be a reliable and fairly accurate weapon. I recently sold it, not because I didn't like it, but for other personal reasons--now I wish I hadn't. Sure, you can find a more finely-made or more-accurate gun, but probably not for the price of a Hi Point.
Based on your posts, I gather that you have experience with firearms as well as strong preferences for certain manufacturers. My recommendation is that you keep your opinions about Hi Point to yourself and let your gun-newby FIL form his own opinion about the gun based on his own experience shooting it. It doesn't matter how cheap the packaging looks when the gun arrives or how boxy and un-sexy the pistol looks; what matters is that your FIL enjoys his shooting experience with his first pistol. Help him along by teaching him the fundamentals with his pistol and, with luck, he'll enjoy the sport enough to move on to other "better" (whatever that means to him) pistols.
Based on your posts, I gather that you have experience with firearms as well as strong preferences for certain manufacturers. My recommendation is that you keep your opinions about Hi Point to yourself and let your gun-newby FIL form his own opinion about the gun based on his own experience shooting it. It doesn't matter how cheap the packaging looks when the gun arrives or how boxy and un-sexy the pistol looks; what matters is that your FIL enjoys his shooting experience with his first pistol. Help him along by teaching him the fundamentals with his pistol and, with luck, he'll enjoy the sport enough to move on to other "better" (whatever that means to him) pistols.