This Makes a HiPoint Look Good

[mountain_cowboy]

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976662722.htm

Check out the description, "A COPY OF THE GREAT 1911A1."

 

[TarpleyG]

That has to be one of the fugliest guns I have ever seen. First off--it looks NOTHING like a 1911 and secondly, what exactly is "MARINE CORPS GREEN"?

Greg

 

[New_geezer]

I suspect there's a reason those pictures are so blurry - sharper images would only make the shortcomings clearer

 

[MrTuffPaws]

What the heck is that thing? :shudders:

 

[pest3125]

It looks like a Stallard Arms JS-45. Something very similiar is now being sold by Hi-point firearms (www.mkssupply.com). They are straight blowback (unlocked breech) and use a *heavy* recoil spring and slide to keep the action closed until the pressure drops.
I have not fired one, but they certainly look like junk!

 

[MICHAEL T]

THIS IS A COPY OF THE GREAT 1911A1 ONLY IN 9MM.

I could be falling down drunk and would never mistale that pile of trash for a 1911A1 That makes a Glock look good.

 

[trueblue1776]

as a collector of fine firearms I must say that I can't wait to buy this gun, soon to be a classic, I stake my reputation on it

 

[MCgunner]

And you 1911 types knock GLOCKS?????

 

[mindpilot]

it loooks like a Keltec P11

 

[Cousin Mike]

And you 1911 types knock GLOCKS?????

Hey, I resent that!

The only thing that monstrosity has in common with a 1911 is that they're both guns.

 

[Tomcat1066]

Is that a real gun????

Tom

 

[MTMilitiaman]

I hope people know better than to believe that. But I suppose if they are stupid enough to fall for it, they deserve to be gyped out of their money with nothing to show for it besides a cheap POS.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

caveat emptor

A true classic! As in "let the buyer beware" and
"fool and his money are soon parted!"
But not a classic 1911.

 

[1 old 0311]

Looks like my 10 year old made it out of Play Dough.

Kevin

 

[MatthewVanitas]

After five years of Active Duty, I think the only time I've heard that phrase was in cadence:

"My granddaddy was a Horse Marine,
Everything he wore was Marine Corps green,
Ate his steak eight inches thick
Picked his teeth with a guidon stick"



At least HiPoint carries a lifelong warranty, and is still in (brisk) business. I'm tempted to buy a HiPoint if I find one cheap at a gunshow, just so I can have an informed opinion on them. The whole HiPoint debate seems to be:

4% -- people who have them and say they're crude but effective, good for $100
1% -- people who had them and didn't like them
95% -- people who heard somewhere on the Internet from some guy whose friend saw one in a display case once that they're total crap, and thus hate them unequivocally.

I generally avoid badmouthing guns that I haven't personally fired.

-MV

 

[MCgunner]

LMFAO! That could go for a lot more than HiPoint. I think the shear ugliness of 'em turns off the "it's gotta look good no matter jams every shot" crowd. And, then, there's the definition of "good looks", which seems highly variable. But, I think we probably have a 100 percent vote here on this one.

Fugly ain't the word.

 

[MDG1976]

I'd rather carry that than a Glock!

 

[George Hill]

Seller should be banned from the internet for posting such outrageous lies and misinformation.

 

[Kurush]

I disagree. It is a lot like a 1911A1, except that it's made of plastic, doesn't use a tilting barrel, has no grip safety, is in a different caliber, uses different magazines, appears to be striker-fired, is blowback operated, and has no parts that are interchangable with the 1911A1. Other than that they have a lot in common.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Anyone else follow that link and see that Hi-Points now have an accessory rail?

 

[MCgunner]

I disagree. It is a lot like a 1911A1, except that it's made of plastic, doesn't use a tilting barrel, has no grip safety, is in a different caliber, uses different magazines, appears to be striker-fired, is blowback operated, and has no parts that are interchangable with the 1911A1. Other than that they have a lot in common.

So, then, how's it have anything in common with a 1911? You sayin' it's JUNK?

 

[MDG1976]

So, then, how's it have anything in common with a 1911? You sayin' it's JUNK?

-That's even better than my Glock remark.

 

[Black Majik]

"A COPY OF THE GREAT 1911A1."


Psshh..... that thing only shoots the little teenie tiny 9mm....

 

[papaone]

But it doesn't....

Come on guys, at least it doesn't have any MIM parts!

 

[larryf1952]

I'd like to know how the guy who's selling it ended up with it in the first place. Maybe, he got drunk and someone stuffed it into his shorts.