I have been to thier website and their products are amazingly inexpensive, not to mention they are made in the U.S. I have read other reviews and nine times out of ten they were positive feedback. Does anyone one and what is your opinion? $100 to $150 for a center-fire semi-auto that is accurate, reliable and that is made here seems to good to be true.
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Big Gay Al
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You're gonna get two possible reactions to this.
One: "The Hi-Point is junk, don't waste your money."
Two: "The Hi-Point is great, buy it!"
Take your pick. My opinion: First, I don't own one, never shot one. But I know more than a few people who have them. When my financial situation turns around, I'm going to get one.
I worked in NOLA last year, and saw more than a few in use by fellow security officers down there. They worked just fine. Like ANY gun, you may sometimes come across a lemon. But they have one of the finest "No questions asked" warranty's in the business.
As always, the above is just my opinion, and your mileage may vary.
I'd also suggest you do a search on this forum for other discussions of the Hi-Point. You might save yourself some time, aggravation and trouble.
One: "The Hi-Point is junk, don't waste your money."
Two: "The Hi-Point is great, buy it!"
Take your pick. My opinion: First, I don't own one, never shot one. But I know more than a few people who have them. When my financial situation turns around, I'm going to get one.
I worked in NOLA last year, and saw more than a few in use by fellow security officers down there. They worked just fine. Like ANY gun, you may sometimes come across a lemon. But they have one of the finest "No questions asked" warranty's in the business.
As always, the above is just my opinion, and your mileage may vary.
I'd also suggest you do a search on this forum for other discussions of the Hi-Point. You might save yourself some time, aggravation and trouble.
Cocked & Locked
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I've never shot one. A friend of mine bought one just out of curiosity. He ended up being so impressed with it (even after time), that he bought two more...one each for his daughter and her husband. Total of three.
I'll probaly never own one simply because I'vE gOt WaY tOo MuCh StUfF nOw!
I'll probaly never own one simply because I'vE gOt WaY tOo MuCh StUfF nOw!
I'm a proud Hi-Point owner
I have a C-9 with right around 1000 rounds through it, different brands of ammo, ball and HP, and never a single jam of any kind. It's incredibly reliable.
The only thing i don't like is the plastic rear sight. Because of that it's not a target gun by any means, but it points well and hits the paper. Accuracy is Minute of Mugger.
It's also a little heavy and boxy for CCW use, but it will suffice if necessary.
I have a C-9 with right around 1000 rounds through it, different brands of ammo, ball and HP, and never a single jam of any kind. It's incredibly reliable.
The only thing i don't like is the plastic rear sight. Because of that it's not a target gun by any means, but it points well and hits the paper. Accuracy is Minute of Mugger.
It's also a little heavy and boxy for CCW use, but it will suffice if necessary.
Echoing the above responses.... I've got a 9mm - inexpensive, fun to shoot, pretty accurate, and reliable, even if somewhat crude. Great warranty. Too big and heavy for CCW, but did I mention fun to shoot? Could always use it as a club.
Most people that have them love them. People that never had one, but knew someone that had one and had trouble, or had an early model (which seem to have been less than good) will bad mouth them. The current models seem fine. Any gun can have problems.
I will mention tear down is a pain though, having to knock out a pin to do so. But the good news is they don't seem to care if they are dirty, they just keep firing.
You can find owners at http://hipoint.7.forumer.com/index.php or at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi-Point/ with thousands of rounds fired with no problems. You will also find owners that had problems.
Any gun can have problems. There is a current thread on THR on Bersa .380 and most everyone responding typically praises them, but if you go to http://bersatalk.com/forums/default.aspx you find the problems owners experienced. I repeat, any gun can have problems.
Most people that have them love them. People that never had one, but knew someone that had one and had trouble, or had an early model (which seem to have been less than good) will bad mouth them. The current models seem fine. Any gun can have problems.
I will mention tear down is a pain though, having to knock out a pin to do so. But the good news is they don't seem to care if they are dirty, they just keep firing.
You can find owners at http://hipoint.7.forumer.com/index.php or at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi-Point/ with thousands of rounds fired with no problems. You will also find owners that had problems.
Any gun can have problems. There is a current thread on THR on Bersa .380 and most everyone responding typically praises them, but if you go to http://bersatalk.com/forums/default.aspx you find the problems owners experienced. I repeat, any gun can have problems.
Big Gay Al
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This is absolutely amazing. A Hi-Point thread with no negatives!! I love it!
noresttill
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I dont own a high-point, but plan on gettin a carbine 9mm (only because the ATI stock is available). They seem to be well made guns, but man...they are ugly. they beat a 22lr derringer for the price for defense, though.
Jesse
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I've shot 'em and actually intend to snag one in .45 at some point for a tackle box gun.
They're unusual in 9mm and .45 in that they're straight blowback - no locked breech. Hence, the slide is bulky and the recoil feels a little "funny" to me. There would appear to be appreciable money saved by omission of the locked breach parts and they do a servicable job of passing on the savings. One is still pretty much getting what one pays for.
The slide is a zinc die-casting. That entire process has come a long way since "hot-wheels" and the applicable industry group policing the members has worked wonders over the last 3 or 4 decades. But, then again, I have nothing against MIM so my equanimity regarding zinc may not count for a great deal.
That said, I don't count the warrantee for much - I'm not an FFL and would have to pay hostage rates to get the thing to them. It's a nice offer, but if you actually have to send it back, the financial / warrantee motive is already in the tank.
Non-confrontational Hi-Point threads are not all that unusual. If it starts off with "Doood, you're an idiot for spending that much on a Les Baer when you coulda gotten this MKS for 'x' dollars..." things can get heated, but nobody does that anymore.
They're perfectly servicable in the role intended.
They're unusual in 9mm and .45 in that they're straight blowback - no locked breech. Hence, the slide is bulky and the recoil feels a little "funny" to me. There would appear to be appreciable money saved by omission of the locked breach parts and they do a servicable job of passing on the savings. One is still pretty much getting what one pays for.
The slide is a zinc die-casting. That entire process has come a long way since "hot-wheels" and the applicable industry group policing the members has worked wonders over the last 3 or 4 decades. But, then again, I have nothing against MIM so my equanimity regarding zinc may not count for a great deal.
That said, I don't count the warrantee for much - I'm not an FFL and would have to pay hostage rates to get the thing to them. It's a nice offer, but if you actually have to send it back, the financial / warrantee motive is already in the tank.
Non-confrontational Hi-Point threads are not all that unusual. If it starts off with "Doood, you're an idiot for spending that much on a Les Baer when you coulda gotten this MKS for 'x' dollars..." things can get heated, but nobody does that anymore.
They're perfectly servicable in the role intended.
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They rock, get one. I won't say they are the best guns in the world but... Mine have performed better than some of my more expensive pistols.
Rotorflyr
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My .02$
I don't own one, can't say as I plan on getting one, but who knows.
Those I've talked to that DO own them seem to like them, realize they aren't "Bullseye" guns, nor will they last a "lifetime" of thousands of rounds of shooting, simply that they are what they are, inexpensive guns that typicaly go bang when you pull the trigger. One guy I talked to (older, likely on a fixed income) mentioned to me that he bought it for home defense as he couldn't afford to spend a lot of money at the time. He went on to say that the dealer tried to talk him into a used gun (not sure what kind) but his reason for not doing so was if the used gun had problems he'd have to pay for repairs, out of pocket, and if it couldn't be fixed he'd have nothing. He also realized that as long as the gun fired when/if he needed it to, it would likely be confiscated by L.E until such a time as their investigation was concluded (and maybe beyond) and if that would happen he also wouldn't be out a ton of money. While I was looking at something else on the table, he finished purchasing 2 more (a 9mm and a .40 iirc), told me one was going to be a truck/tackle box gun and the other would go in his wifes bedside table, and concluded our conversation by telling me the first one he bought and still had, never gave him an ounce of trouble when he'd take it to the range and iirc he had a little over 1200rds thru it.
It seems to me that those that ALWAYS knock them, have never done anything other then glanced at them, don't like the look (and they are ugly), figure because the don't cost XXXX they must be junk and are the same people who knock RIA 1911's, Kel-Tec, Taurus etc, just because they aren't expensive.......in other words, gun snobs. They also tend to forget that every maker puts out lemons once in a while including Les Baer, Wilson, STI and all the rest of the high end custom makers.
I don't own one, can't say as I plan on getting one, but who knows.
Those I've talked to that DO own them seem to like them, realize they aren't "Bullseye" guns, nor will they last a "lifetime" of thousands of rounds of shooting, simply that they are what they are, inexpensive guns that typicaly go bang when you pull the trigger. One guy I talked to (older, likely on a fixed income) mentioned to me that he bought it for home defense as he couldn't afford to spend a lot of money at the time. He went on to say that the dealer tried to talk him into a used gun (not sure what kind) but his reason for not doing so was if the used gun had problems he'd have to pay for repairs, out of pocket, and if it couldn't be fixed he'd have nothing. He also realized that as long as the gun fired when/if he needed it to, it would likely be confiscated by L.E until such a time as their investigation was concluded (and maybe beyond) and if that would happen he also wouldn't be out a ton of money. While I was looking at something else on the table, he finished purchasing 2 more (a 9mm and a .40 iirc), told me one was going to be a truck/tackle box gun and the other would go in his wifes bedside table, and concluded our conversation by telling me the first one he bought and still had, never gave him an ounce of trouble when he'd take it to the range and iirc he had a little over 1200rds thru it.
It seems to me that those that ALWAYS knock them, have never done anything other then glanced at them, don't like the look (and they are ugly), figure because the don't cost XXXX they must be junk and are the same people who knock RIA 1911's, Kel-Tec, Taurus etc, just because they aren't expensive.......in other words, gun snobs. They also tend to forget that every maker puts out lemons once in a while including Les Baer, Wilson, STI and all the rest of the high end custom makers.
mosttoyswins
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Hi Points are like mopeds, they work just fine but you don't want anyone seeing you riding it. 
For me, guns need to have some sort of asthetic value.
Hi Points are probably the ugliest guns I have ever seen.
They may work just fine, but I will NEVER own one just because of the way they look.
For me, guns need to have some sort of asthetic value.
Hi Points are probably the ugliest guns I have ever seen.
They may work just fine, but I will NEVER own one just because of the way they look.
brownie0486
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Good range guns, but you'll never catch me carrying one for self defense, in any model or caliber [ and thats exactly what I tell customers at the loca gun shop I help out at a few days a week ].
Brownie
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Hi Brownie,
What would advise for someone on a budget ($150-$175) who wants a 9mm?
What would advise for someone on a budget ($150-$175) who wants a 9mm?
phantomak47
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Life is too short to use ugly guns, get a used Glock or Ruger.
I shot plenty of them when I was working part time in a local shop and they seem to work well enough. I own one of the carbines and it too works just fine. The handguns however are a bit heavy and clunky like feeling in my hand and are one of the ugliest pistols around but then again they don't cost squat so...
but then again they don't cost squat so...brownie0486
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Range gun?
Hi Points are okay.
Self defense gun?
Not much in that price range, but I'd suggest a preowned firearm would be the first place to look instead of new. Used guns are hardly ever really "used", until I get them and they have upwards of 10-20K through them . In fact, I buy most of mine used to begin with.
The problem I see is Hi Points are entry level and fit tight budgets, then there is a big jump from there to about the 300-355.00 price range. Ocassionally we get some in that price range like used police Berretta's etc.
Brownie
Hi Points are okay.
Self defense gun?
Not much in that price range, but I'd suggest a preowned firearm would be the first place to look instead of new. Used guns are hardly ever really "used", until I get them and they have upwards of 10-20K through them
. In fact, I buy most of mine used to begin with. The problem I see is Hi Points are entry level and fit tight budgets, then there is a big jump from there to about the 300-355.00 price range. Ocassionally we get some in that price range like used police Berretta's etc.
Brownie
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phantomak42 said:
Glock owners should like Hi Point as there really aren't many other guns that side-by-side make a Glock look stylish and streamline
I don't own Hi Point myself and haven't shot one but my neighbor has one of the .45s and is happy with it and it does go bang every time. I may not be a big fan of what other people like but I grew up in a time and area where one did NOT knock another man's gun(s), his wife, his dawg or his truck. Nuff said!!
brownie0486
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Glock owners should like Hi Point as there really aren't many other guns that side-by-side make a Glock look stylish and streamline
Glocks are utilitarian tools. When style and streamlining translates to reliability I'll buy something else accordingly.
Brownie
Glocks are utilitarian tools. When style and streamlining translates to reliability I'll buy something else accordingly.
Brownie
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"If it doesn't work you can always hit him with it"
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I have experience with the .45ACP model. It's crude and almost as ugly as a Glock but it'll go bang everytime. Not the most accurate thing in the world but it's not a stretch to take someone at 25 yards with it. Won't last a lifetime and the magazines aren't the most durable. But it works.
The heavy slide on the plastic frame sure gives it a "funny" feel during recoil. The trigger isn't the greatest either. Got that plastic against plastic feel with no feeling of "break".
But it's a beater as it's meant to be.
You're kidding right?
The heavy slide on the plastic frame sure gives it a "funny" feel during recoil. The trigger isn't the greatest either. Got that plastic against plastic feel with no feeling of "break".
But it's a beater as it's meant to be.
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on 3 ocassions i have almost bought one,but i just cant get over its looks.
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