Hi Point 45s

[brewer12345]

I bought a Springfield XDM in 45 ACP and have been fun shooting it. As a revolver guy, it is surprising to realize how easy it is to shoot a full size service pistol with modern ergonomics even in a cartridge that has recoil on the heavy side. I was thinking about the hi points despite their reputation for being fugly/clunky. The carbines seem to be reasonably solid guns. How about the pistols? Considering their price point, I could see one as a truck gun. Are they junk, or just basic blowback guns?

 

[OARNGESI]

The first gun I ever bought new was a hipoint 40 and 45 the we’re both reliable and accurate. If you want it they will work and have a amazing warranty I bought a 995 carbine used it was rusty and froze up but only paid 10$ I shipped it to hipoint a couple weeks later I received my gun back with every part replaced a extra mag and a letter of apology for it breaking. Hipoints are heavy ugly and a pain to clean. But they are reliable accurate and the company stands behind every one.

 

[darkcloud]

Fugly and they work. Check out the torture tests on YouTube. Here is one. They did everything they could to ruin the pistol then did THIS......

 

[Trunk Monkey]

An unbiased assessment

 

[Tallball]

They are cheap and ugly and they go bang every time.

 

[Mosin Bubba]

I like the 40 and 45 a lot more than I like the 9. The former two at least have decent sized grips to go with them; the 10 shot 9mm sized grip with the giant slide just doesn't work at all for me.

IME, the Hi-Point pistols don't like steel case ammo because it's probably a little too underloaded to consistently work the big blowback slide, but feed them brass and they will go off every time. They're more accurate than you'd think too. I use them as plinkers, and for that application, they're a lot of fun for $150.

 

[Michael A Ferber]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with them. Feed em decent ammo and they will go bang every time!

 

[entropy]

They are cheap and ugly and they go bang every time.

And quite accurate as well!

 

[Blue Brick]

Mine eats Russian steel with no issues.