Hi Point Pistols

[fatty]

Anyone have any experience with the Hi Point pistols? Cheap price was wondering if they would be any good for a first auto loader. Thanks

 

[TDWise357]

Had the .45acp. Loved it!! shot several hundred rounds of fmj ammo and several hp rounds as well. Never had a single problem with it. Now my oldest son has it. Gave it to him when he and his girlfriend got a new house. As far as accuracy goes, he hits anything he wants. In my personal experience pretty good gun for the money

 

[jonnyc]

Don't get me wrong, I have a 995 Carbine and love it, but you've got to be able to do better than a HP pistol. They are just SOOOOOOOOOOO ugly.

 

[General Tso]

good gun for the money

 

[41magsnub]

oh god.. here we go.

 

[buck460XVR]

oh god.. here we go.

.........again.

 

[Mad Chemist]

Search Function.

 

[Colton White]

Great guns for the money did you see their 1911 model lol

 

[Sapper771]

I have had several of them ( 9mm, 40 , and 45) and all of them would malfunction several times a shooting session, but they were accurate. I didn't pay over $40 a piece for them. I got one of the 9mm's for $25 from a guy. They are fun to play with, but I wouldn't trust them for serious purposes. I would shoot them and tinker with them, then sell them.
The 45 would be my favorite if I was forced to choose among them.

 

[christcorp]

sapper; you must be one unlucky person. The vast majority of hi-point owners have little to no problems with their guns malfunctioning. There's the occasional person who doesn't know how to read and break in a new gun properly; but all in all, most have very little problems. Yet you've owned Several Hi-Points and ALL of them malfunction; several times no less; per shooting session. Definitely an unlucky owner.

To the original poster, there's nothing wrong with hi-point. Of course there's nothing wrong with a pickup unless you want to use it to haul around 4 kids and grocery shopping. What I mean in; hi-points such for concealed carry; they're bulky; I don't carry one for self defense purposes; but they are a great gun for a truck gun, garage gun, stored in a room in the house for access; etc... I definitely trust them for defensive purposes. I just don't use them for carrying; either openly or concealed. They just weren't meant for that. Of course some people do carry them, and they'll say they are just fine. And that may be true. But they weren't meant for that. It's large, bulky, and heavy. But if you want a semi for the range, home defense, truck, garage, etc... the hi-point is a very good choice.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

The only Hi-Point product I've actually shot was a 9mm carbine. It looked like it fell out of an ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down, but it put a magazineful of bullets where I wanted them to go with no malfunctions. Their pistols are something you buy when you need a gun now but simply can't afford anything better. As for the old adage "you get what you pay for," I paid six times as much for a handgun that still continually malfunctioned - starting with the second shot I ever fired through it - and broke parts.

 

[X-Rap]

My truck, garage, boat, bathroom magazine rack, computer desk are not such toxic and damaging environments that I need to buy a special gun to place there. I just don't get that??
If they work, fine. Frankly I don't know exactly what they were made for but I will never have another.

 

[Caliper_Mi]

Haven't owned one, but after holding a few I have to say that those guys know how to make a good grip. The carbine is definitely a great gun to hold and shoulder.

 

[Shadow 7D]

Much like fat girls and tricycles

Fun until your friends catch you...
The one I got works well, just don't have the desire to lug around a pistol that weighs almost as much as light rifle.

 

[ilikepancakes]

My truck, garage, boat, bathroom magazine rack, computer desk are not such toxic and damaging environments that I need to buy a special gun to place there. I just don't get that??
If they work, fine. Frankly I don't know exactly what they were made for but I will never have another.

They are made to be super affordable. Not everyone can afford a gun that costs hundreds of dollars.

The idea about using one as a "truck gun" and equivalent is that since it's so easily replaceable you don't need to worry about trying to get it back if it and/or your vehicle gets stolen or it falls out of your boat or whatever.

 

[JR47]

They work, are accurate, and nobody has ever documented the fact that self-defense, plinking, or general shooting are affected by one's opinion of what is ugly.

They don't cost as much as most other pistols. There are certainly those who find them less than esthetically pleasing, but to each his/her own. Their warranty service is equally good, with fast turn-around of even total replacement guns.

 

[josephbw]

I had one for several years. It was accurate, and pretty reliable. But I always felt it was top heavy, and had a rough trigger. I was shooting at a groundhog one day, and I hit him in the rear end. He was still running, I got him in my sights, pulled the trigger, nothing, the round had failed to eject. By the time I got it cleared, he was gone.

I hate to leave an animal wounded, so I decided that if I couldn't depend on it to get a second shot on a groundhog, it wasn't worth keeping. The next day I traded it off on a Springfield XD40SC, and I couldn't be happier.

I originally bought the Hi Point because of its cost, and my low funds. I would have been better off to have waited and gotten a better gun to start with.

This is just my opinion and worth exactly what you paid for it.

 

[X-Rap]

You traded in a HiPoint?? I bet they allowed you a bunch there huh??

 

[josephbw]

Actually it wasn't too bad. He allowed me $120 for the gun, holster, and 2 extra mags, against the SA40SC. The next time I was in there, he had $125 on the gun, $30 for the mags, and $25 for the holster, all of which looked like new. I don't know what he sold them for, but if he was happy, so was I.

 

[gardhack]

Hi-Point is a good CHEAP pistol (you get what you pay for). I have two (9mm & .40) and have never had a problem with either. The .40 is fun to shoot and very accurate. The 9mm has a very heavy trigger and I don't shoot it as well.

 

[oasis618]

I've never owned one but I've been tempted many times at the gun shows. $135.00 for a brand new 9mm with a great customer service record that has been tauted on this very forum as very reliable and trustworthy albeit ugly... If I were strapped for cash and in the market for a new pistol I would be all over it. By the way, all of you who claim to have never paid over $40.00 for one...let me know next time you run across a deal like that because I'll take a few. Guns must just be cheaper in the lower portion of the country. No offense intended, just an observation.

 

[makarovnik]

Gotta love Photoshop.

 

[CajunBass]

I've got one, a 9mm pistol. I'd say it works just as well as any other pistol I own or have ever owned. That's not to say it IS as good, just that it works just as well.

It's not bad for the money.

 

[Antihero]

Ive got a 40 pistol and a 9mm carbine. The carbine is amazingly accurate and has only hiccuped on one round, a cor-bon 90gr +p. The pistol is getting better the more i shoot it in. When i first got it it jammed more than i like but now that i have 400rds thru it its feeding much better. I got one jam the last time i fired it, about 100 rds, and it was with a Buffalo Bore 155gr +p.

They seem decent for the money and accurate enough, but id shoot about 500rds thru it before trusting it.

 

[frankge]

I owned a 9mm briefly. Actually was fairly accurate but I had so many feed problems with the magazines and the take down punching out pins for a basic field strip was a pain. I eventually shucked it at a gun show, dont miss it.