Hi Point Kabooms

[Phaetos]

If that's a jam O matic, your standards are a lot higher than mine are.

I didn't call them that, some of the cops around here do apparently. Though I haven't had the nerve to just ask one their opinion

 

[foghornl]

Well, lets say the Hi-Points are not the most AP {Aesthetically Pleasing} firearms around.

However, I have shot both the 9Milly handgun and the Carbine...sort of odd-looking pieces, but they do go BANG! on demand.

I don't own any Hi-Points, but I MIGHT buy one sometime just for grins.

 

[Aguila Blanca]

Apparently the ones we get here in Louisiana are bottom of the barrel production runs. During my CCW class, the instructor told us that the cops around here call them "jam-o-matics". Apparently they are trained to spot a Hi-Point in action and know when they see one on the perps hands the battle is already won because they jam every other round.

If I were an LEO I don't think I'd be betting my life on a Hi-Point jamming.

 

[CajunBass]

I didn't call them that, some of the cops around here do apparently. Though I haven't had the nerve to just ask one their opinion

That was really meant to be a "general" your, Phaetos, not to single you out. Sorry I didn't make that clear, which I should have done since I was quoting you.

 

[Stasher1]

Phaetos, your instructor and/or the police in your area are fools. Either way that was a stupid thing to teach. A gangbanger can kill you just as dead, just as quick with with a Hi-point as with a Kimber.

FWIW, my Kimber has been the most unreliable firearm I've ever owned. A Hi-Point couldn't be much worse...and I could've bought 8 of them for what paid for my Pro Carry II.

I don't think I'd ever go look for one to buy, but I'd accept one if it was a gift. Nothing wrong with them if you're looking for a range toy, or if you're broke but still need to defend yourself.

 

[dpesec]

I bought one for a friend as a birthday present. She can't hit the broadside of a barn with it. I tried it and it works just fine.

I laugh when I see the Khar ad about "why buy a brick..." they're refering to a Glock, but I think HP.

I've been kicking around picking up one or two 45 ACP versions as car pistols.

 

[mr.trooper]

mr.trooper,

they have a last round hold open. or at least both of mine do.

The NEW ones do. Mine are over a decade old. Older models dont have any features whatsoever. they have a European style heal release, and a crude, cheaply made safety. End of story.

Mine does too. Now they don't have a slide release, so you have to pull back on the slide to chamber a round after it locks back, but it will lock back.

BTW: I know more about my guns than you do.

 

[TimboKhan]

Hi-Points fascinate me for the simple reason that they draw more loyalty and hatred, at the same time, than any other firearm I can think of. I actually want one of thier 9mm carbines, and have never read, here or anywhere else, anything but largely good reviews about them. The pistols... well, I know alot of guys like them, and I have talked to several people personally that swear by them, but... well, its a Hi-Point. All that being said, I really admire the company. They offer a super warranty, and its my understanding that they are a smallish mom-and-pop type operation. If thats not the American way, I don't know what is! Plus, in the article I read, the guy that owns the company really takes it personally that his guns are considered to be the gun that criminals like best, and why shouldn't he? He isn't making them for criminals, and he sure isn't the one choosing to commit criminal acts with them! He is aiming for a market the rest of the gun companies largely ignore, and I admire that his goal is to make a gun that just about anyone can afford.

 

[Olys45]

They're the most hidious sidearm ever created, they'd go great with an AK-47
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I was just curious, do you think of the Glock (i.e. Glock 27) in the same way? It just seems to me that the G27 and the HP C9 look a lot alike.

I don't want to start a flame war, but just asking a simple question.

 

[hksw]

No I called the Hi-Point a Bunker Junker. Why would I call my favorite rifle that???

IMO, the , , icons defeats the purpose of subtle humor.

In any case, IIRC, the AK is only in Guinness for sheer production numbers.

 

[walking arsenal]

yup, one of my bug-out kits i have stored in a different location other than my home contains an AK-47 and a glock 26.

Glocks are hardly pretty, but they work, with me, really, thats all i ask.