coosbaycreep
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I picked one up today, after reading numerous reviews and posts about how terrible they are, or how they're great guns for the money.
My first impression was how incredibly ugly it is. Then after I picked it up and held it, I couldn't get over how cheaply made it felt, and how top heavy it is. At $179, I still bought it anyways, simply because I don't have anything else that cheap that I'm not sentimentally attached to, and my kel tec .32 doesn't inspire much confidence with it's mighty 71 grain bullets.
I shot the cheap WWB 230 grain fmj through it, and it never jammed, and I actually hit better with it than with my new glock 17 (my glock had one malfunction today too, and it's only got 150 rounds through it). The other guy shooting with me hit better with the hi point than the glock too. That doesn't really mean anything obviously, but I was expectin minute of barn kinda accuracy from it, and FTF/FTE every shot.
While I didn't put many rounds through it, I'm definitely not disappointed with my purchase. It will never be the first gun I grab in an emergency, but it'll do in a pinch, and it won't break my heart after it's gets all scratched up riding around in the trunk.
Also, will hi points feed HPs? What about +P ammo, is that safe? There's obviously a lot of steel in the gun judging by the weight, but I don't know how strong that cast pot metal crap is, and if it's going to fly into pieces if I shoot some doubletap through it.
Thanks
My first impression was how incredibly ugly it is. Then after I picked it up and held it, I couldn't get over how cheaply made it felt, and how top heavy it is. At $179, I still bought it anyways, simply because I don't have anything else that cheap that I'm not sentimentally attached to, and my kel tec .32 doesn't inspire much confidence with it's mighty 71 grain bullets.
I shot the cheap WWB 230 grain fmj through it, and it never jammed, and I actually hit better with it than with my new glock 17 (my glock had one malfunction today too, and it's only got 150 rounds through it). The other guy shooting with me hit better with the hi point than the glock too. That doesn't really mean anything obviously, but I was expectin minute of barn kinda accuracy from it, and FTF/FTE every shot.
While I didn't put many rounds through it, I'm definitely not disappointed with my purchase. It will never be the first gun I grab in an emergency, but it'll do in a pinch, and it won't break my heart after it's gets all scratched up riding around in the trunk.
Also, will hi points feed HPs? What about +P ammo, is that safe? There's obviously a lot of steel in the gun judging by the weight, but I don't know how strong that cast pot metal crap is, and if it's going to fly into pieces if I shoot some doubletap through it.
Thanks