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Feelings on getting a Hi-Point 45acp as a entry gun into 45acp, and as a "toolbox gun".
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Never owned one. Never owned a Chevy Cavalier or dated a crack whore either...
Hope you have a big tool boxFeelings on getting a Hi-Point 45acp as a entry gun into 45acp, and as a "toolbox gun".
That’s the most useful Hi-Point pistol review I’ve ever seen!Like others have said, they are inexpensive and ugly, but they work. If you get one people will poke fun at you and some will be rude. But then owning a Hi-Point JHP 45 Auto is like dating an ugly fat girl, she may cook good, but people will still pick on you.
The Hi-Point Model JHP 45 Auto is the largest handgun that Hi-Point makes. It is unbalanced, very top heavy, but has mild felt recoil. The magazine is the biggest problem. They are made of thin sheet metal and the feed lips can get damaged easily. The grips are not polymer, they are just cheap plastic. If you drop the gun there’s a good chance that the grips will crack or break. If the right grip panel breaks, you may not be able to fire the gun. The right panel holds the trigger bar in place. The sights are also made of cheap plastic and will break or deform if dropped.
I do get to shoot a lot of guns in my line of work and the Hi-Points do show up. I had to shoot one of the C-9s just the other day. I will say this. The only guns that I have ever had to fire that the rifling was shot out of have been Hi-Points. The recovered bullets looked like they had been scrubbed with 80 grit sandpaper.
But over the last six years I have gotten just over 100 Hi-Points come across my desk. Out of all those there was only two that I was not able to fire. One was missing parts and the other was damaged, I think it had been thrown from a moving vehicle at a high rate of speed.
Now here is the best thing about a Hi-Point. It has a lifetime warranty. You just returned it to the factory and they will repair or replace it at no charge.
It wasn't mean't to be helpful. It was mean't to be funny. And it was.The OP is asking for guidance. How on earth is this helpful? Buying a Hi Point is comparable to dating a crack whore?
Watch your mouth, I might resemble that remark!!!!! Cheap Bat Rasterd that I am!Here is a review
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/05/benjamin-t-shotzberger/gun-review-hi-point-c9-9mm-pistol/
I have handled but never shot Hi Point hand guns. I did shoot one of their 45ACP carbines and think I could throw bullets more accurately.
I'm fascinated by the low level of quality some will accept, even defend, to save two or three hundred dollars.