Manual safety is backwards

[Phineas Dregg]

Please ignore this post. I got a better look at the gun, and my question is no longer valid. The manual safety is the same on both pistols. Oh, and if anyone knows how to completely delete a thread, please let me know.

I currently have an HK USP. Up is safe, down is decock and fire. I'm interested in acquiring a Hi Point C9 (gasp) However, the safety on it looks like up is fire and down is safe. Has anyone had any success in transitioning from one type of safety to another, or do you still get mixed up when firing? And yes, I already know, I should get a glock 'cause it has no safety, and I shouldn't get a hi point because it will jam just because its ugly, so if your answer was going to be along either of those lines, please feel free to skip posting.

Thanks,

Phin

 

[Strykervet]

I don't know, I think you may be the first to make the transistion from HK to Highpoint!

Anytime you switch from one set of controls to another, you have got to build muscle memory with the new set. Doing repetitions over and over and over... Dry firing, lots of dry firing (you may want to get some spare parts for the Highpoint for this!) holstering and reholstering. When you go to the range, don't take them both for awhile until you get them both down separately. When you can, blindfolded, draw, fire, clear, change mags, etc., then you are getting it down.

Personally, I wouldn't bother learning the Highpoint beyond range stuff. I wouldn't want to derail my training regarding the "real" weapons. But then again, I went the Glock route for defensive weapons and don't have this problem. Levers and switches only slow me down.

 

[harmon rabb]

H&K to Hipoint? uhhh...

 

[wh!plash]

All my autos with a manual safety all function the same way, so its never a problem for me (1911, HK, etc).

Going from an HK to a HiPoint is like trading in a Humvee for a Geo Tracker.

 

[xplag]

Everyone scoffs at the High Point... but it's just so ugly it's intriguing.

And what was the purpose of getting the HP? Is it for another range gun? If that's the case I wouldn't bother trying to relearn the safety, just go out and shoot it, and take a few seconds before to make sure it's on safe or fire. No need to build muscle memory for something you won't use in a high stress situation.

 

[Phineas Dregg]

I really like my HK, and I'm not trading it. I'm just acquiring a second firearm. The appeal of the Hi Point is its price, and the postings I have read about them indicate they are quite reliable. I carry my HK, but I cannot bring a firearm into work. I work a 12 hour long night shift and would prefer not to leave my HK sitting in the glove compartment unattended overnight. We have gone through periods at my hospital where we have had issues with vandalism and break ins in employees' cars, and I would be heart broken if I lost my gun to some little hoodlum with sticky fingers and a baseball bat. However, if I lost the Hi Point, I could get over it. I guess I could try to find some sort of box that would bolt down in my car. Does anyone even make something like that?

 

[REAPER4206969]

The idea of a USP owner buying a Hi-Point just destroyed my entire life perspective.

 

[Phineas Dregg]

The idea of a USP owner buying a Hi-Point just destroyed my entire life perspective.

Sometimes that's good for you. Anyway, every gun is beautiful in its own way. I've heard that said about people, too, but I don't think it's true.

 

[GLOOB]

No problems. Frame mounted safety goes down for fire. Slide mounted goes up for fire.

Your thumb should naturally want to go on top of a frame mounted, and below a slide mounted. I've never had an issue with the transition.

 

[chandne]

This has messed me up a bit too. Please don't do it.

Anyway, I would have a hard time getting used to a backwards safety.

 

[Phineas Dregg]

No problems. Frame mounted safety goes down for fire. Slide mounted goes up for fire.

Your thumb should naturally want to go on top of a frame mounted, and below a slide mounted. I've never had an issue with the transition.

Thanks, I hadn't considered the relationship the position of the safety would play.

 

[Phineas Dregg]

Thanks, I hadn't considered the relationship the position of the safety would play.

Nevermind all the ruckus. JGSales.com has a nice big picture that you can blow up and get a better view of the gun. The safety is standard for a frame mounted pistol.

 

[harmon rabb]

I really like my HK, and I'm not trading it. I'm just acquiring a second firearm. The appeal of the Hi Point is its price, and the postings I have read about them indicate they are quite reliable. I carry my HK, but I cannot bring a firearm into work. I work a 12 hour long night shift and would prefer not to leave my HK sitting in the glove compartment unattended overnight. We have gone through periods at my hospital where we have had issues with vandalism and break ins in employees' cars, and I would be heart broken if I lost my gun to some little hoodlum with sticky fingers and a baseball bat. However, if I lost the Hi Point, I could get over it. I guess I could try to find some sort of box that would bolt down in my car. Does anyone even make something like that?

Serious question -- how much are you looking to spend? For ~ $200-$250, you can get a variety of Soviet surplus pistols, all of which are infinitely nicer guns than a hi-point. Hell, for under $200, you can get a cz-82, which is arguably the finest commie surplus pistol. It even has a better trigger than your h&k

 

[RightCoastBiased]

I'd look into a car safe/lock box. Whenever I leave a firearm in my car I am more concerned with putting a gun on the street, than I am with loosing my property.