I've finally went & done it, I spent $ on a Hi-Point

[gsbuickman]

Yep, I just sold another custom-built computer system for a client's girlfriend yesterday, then I found this Hi Point C9 on the local gun Grapevine so I told the guy I'd buy the silly thing. It's big, it's heavy & it's a fugly duckling, but for a Ben Franklin ($100) it's not a Saturday night special and I guess it's kind of hard to go wrong with it.. it's got a weird safety and a so-so trigger and the grip looks disproportionate and too small compared to this big-ass slide, but I do like the 3-Dot sites on it. The one thing I did forget about is that this silly thing is Striker Fired and some of you know I'm not a fan of anything striker-fired. All my other handguns are Hammer fired because I prefer to have full control of the firing pin and I like to be able to decock them without touching the trigger, so, idk what I'll end up doing with this silly thing. I'll probably keep it around a while but at some point I may end up using it as a trade in barter fodder towards something else. Or maybe I'll end up selling it for $120 and making $20 on the silly thing, idk ...

 

[Fleetman]

The 2nd picture shows what your cat thinks of it!

They may be kind of fugly but they work......mine everytime! Enjoy yours!

 

[Zendude]

Put a few mags through it and see how you like it. To me, it is fun to shoot and provides some variety in your collection.

 

[Monac]

. What caliber is it, gsbuickman? It looks too bulky for a 380, so I'm guessing 9mm Para? Whatever it is, it looks very functional.

These will be an interesting gun to collect in the future, like H&R and Iver Johnson are now. They've evolved a lot since their beginnings as Stallard and Maverick.

Derp: I see now gsbuickman said it was a C9. I need to read more better.

 

[Lycidas Janwor]

Congrats on having a good blaster by your side, kid...

 

[sabbfan]

Never owned one, and they certainly have a “unique” look to them, but have always heard they are reliable. Might be a good one to stash somewhere or keep in the tackle box. No big deal if it falls overboard!

 

[railroader]

A while back a local shop had hi points on sale. He had 9mm, 380s and 45s. The 45 was $129 so I thought what heck I'll go look at the 45. Being blow back the recoil spring was so strong on that gun I could barely rack the slide. You know they might run but that was ridiculous. I still don't own a hi point.

 

[Pocket]

Some folks dog those Hi Points.
Polish the ramp ( it is powder coated )
You can buy a screw off of Ebay to replace that pin and makes it so much easier to break it down.

Just a little fine tuning just like we did with the1911s and you will have a good one.

When I first carried a Glock over 20 years ago, folks made fun of my plastic gun also...who is laughing now...

 

[gsbuickman]

One of the guys on the www.gunandgame.com forum suggested keeping it for when they come around to confiscate Firearms, then I thought hhhhmmmm, maybe I'll keep it around for one of those $300 Walmart gift card gun buybacks bwhahahahahahaha ...

 

[il.bill]

I cannot see in your posts that you have shot it. Do you even know if it works?

Waiting for the range review ...

 

[Bigmike79]

The 2nd picture shows what your cat thinks of it!

!

I literally spit up my beer...........
10/10 lmao



I've never even shot one, so I can't speak from any experience, but MAN............what an ugly gun

 

[TTv2]

I think the .45 Hi Points are more worth it, but the 9mm isn't bad, just big. It's just, with $220 9mm's from Ruger, SCCY out there now, I don't see the point in spending $150 on a 9mm Hi Point that's no where near as concealable or comfortable to carry as those slightly pricier 9mm's. Call me crazy

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Ive shot them- for $100 its not a bad gun I guess. My buddy stopped selling the pistols at his LGS because he's seen too many with broken safeties. He does like the carbines and sells the snot out of them.

The zinc slide scares me a bit.....if you google it, you can find a few pics of them split in half.
Still waaaaaaaay more pics of blown up .40 Glocks, though.

 

[MedWheeler]

A friend sold me one (a C9) for $70 a couple of years back. He'd offered it for $60, but I felt bad giving that little and only had ten more on me at the time. He just didn't have any real use for it and was looking to fund some exotic bottle of rum or something (he's more of a "liquor connoisseur" than a gun enthusiast.)

I didn't have any real use for it, either, but I knew I'd get more than my money back if I really didn't want to keep it around. Still, I kind of like it. It shoots well with 115-grain FMJ, but not so much with 115-grain JHP. I haven't done any polishing, no have I tried any longer-profile ammunition in it.

It's true that the Hi-Point isn't as much a value anymore compared to the $200-ish Taurus, SCCY, and similar offerings, but those weren't out for those amounts when the C9 came out, and used C9 pistols run closer to what I paid.

 

[If1HitU]

Congrats!

 

[justice06rr]

They're decent guns for good value. I've shot one. Didn't like them but it worked. Good backup or car gun that you won't mind losing lol

 

[pblanc]

Now all you need are these and then when you go to the range you can do the "Hi-Point walk of shame" in real style:

 

[GunnyUSMC]

I don't get to many Hi-Points. The bad guys have up graded to better guns. Or it just might be that they can't carry a Hi-Point in their waistband without it pulling down their pants.
I just picked up 30 guns from Evidence this morning, and not one Hi-point in the batch.
Remember that Hi-Point comes with a lifetime warranty. They will repair or replace the gun if anything goes wrong with it. Oh! Be careful, the rear sights tend to break.
Have you ever wondered what the CF in the Hi-Point CF380 stands for? The C stands for Cluster and the F has 4 letters in it. I got that from Hi-Point.
The founder of Hi-Point, Tom Deeb worked with BATF to make it easier for firearms Labs to identified and match bullets and cartridge cases fired from the guns he made. The barrels have an odd numbered left-hand twist and the breach face of each slide is hit with a tiny belt sander.
Enjoy your new toy.

 

[tpelle]

One of the guys on the www.gunandgame.com forum suggested keeping it for when they come around to confiscate Firearms, then I thought hhhhmmmm, maybe I'll keep it around for one of those $300 Walmart gift card gun buybacks bwhahahahahahaha ...

That's the best application for a Hi Point I've seen yet!

 

[TTv2]

That's the best application for a Hi Point I've seen yet!

I think handguns generally go for $100 in a buyback. I guess if you can get a bunch of used Hi Points for cheap, you could turn a profit. Just remember to keep the magazines because you don't get anything for those and can sell them for a few bucks at a local gun shop.

 

[Peakbagger46]

Wow.... that is UGLY...

 

[Tallball]

For complicated reasons I owned one of their 40 calibers for a week or so but never shot it.

I do own one of their 9mm carbines. It's weird-looking, but reliable.

 

[WestKentucky]

Makes me think of the stallard I had a decade ago...it was even uglier and junkier than the current guns. I think I gave 75 for it about 2006, so you probably did better than me. Mine showed bullets tumbling starting at about 5 yards. It was better than the Jennings I replaced it with as a cheapo junk toolbox gun, but I had 25 bucks in that Jennings.

 

[clearcut]

I got one at a LGS and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside with factory ammo then I made my own loads with cast, now I love it ! it's dead on, feeds fires and hits the target. Lots of folks bash them like a red headed step child but they do the job and you can't beat the life time warranty that goes to each owner even if you break it .I have lots of pistols and the c9 is one of my favorites to shoot. I'm going to try to see how many rounds I can put through it in my life time.Just my $.02

CC

 

[Monac]

Makes me think of the stallard I had a decade ago...it was even uglier and junkier than the current guns. I think I gave 75 for it about 2006, so you probably did better than me. Mine showed bullets tumbling starting at about 5 yards. It was better than the Jennings I replaced it with as a cheapo junk toolbox gun, but I had 25 bucks in that Jennings.

I think Stallard evolved into High Point, WestKentucky. At least they are both from Mansfield, Ohio, which is not a big place. (It's southwest of Cleveland and due west of Canton). I believe there was an intermediate stage where they used the name "Maverick".

The Stallards caught my attention because they were so obviously designed to be as simple and cheap to make as possible, with NO concession to appearance (and barely any to ergonomics) whatsoever. Even a Raven had more eye-appeal, since, although they were just as boxy, they were usually chrome plated, had a curved trigger guard, and wooden grips.