tunnellram
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The kind who enjoy's shooting a pistol that works everytime, is guaranteed forever, and likes hitting what he aims at. Who cares what it looks like? It shoots better than most of my others.
hotpig said:I think a lot of people miss the point on these guns. These are not frilly guns. There is no maintanance,other than a drop of oil every once in a while. no cleaning is needed. I have some of the first ones to hit the market. They have not been cleaned since about 1997.
If something was to break MKS will fix it. If it wears out or is not worth sending back to get fixed, who cares!! It is a plinker and by then you have got more than your moneys worth out of it.
Sean85746 said:...I give him the Hi Point.
He is grateful. He used it when some scumbags broke into the crap hole south Phoenix apartment he was living in.
Best $25 bucks I ever spent.
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Point is, a person who buys a HiPoint pistol is not a gun buff/hobbyist
historian, target shooter or hunter but a non-gunnie buying a self-defense
appliance that they will shoot only as a last resort.
cratz2 said:The Makarov is a 9x18 - 380ACP being 9x17 and the most famous 9mm (Luger or Parabellum) being 9x19 so it's somewhere inbetween there, probably a bit closer to the 380 but there is good ammo (Barnaul and LVE) that reliably expands that is very inexpensive. Ammo is quite inexpansive to the tune of 50 rounds of carry-worthy HPs being about $6/50 rounds or just a bit more than 9mm FMJ ammo from Winchester or S&B.
This reliable but guly as sin Hi-Points aside, I think the Bulgarian Maks are the best values in quasi-new guns on the market. Mine (Russian) cost $110 with two mags, a holster, a cleaning rod, two pair of grips and a box of ammo.
Mr Jody Hudson said:To the best of my knowledge you have already found the good practice ammo, the Walmart, Winchester White Box .45 JHP is about as good and cheap as it gets.
Nice report by the way!
Croyance said:People without money are the ones living in neighborhoods where they are most likely to need a gun. A lot of honest people live in bad neighborhoods.
Have you seen the kitchen knives most people have? Garbage, with those stupid mini-serations, like the Ginsu knives. If you have one in your kitchen, then you have no room to complain about the Hi Point.
New_comer said:Just don't post pics, mmm-kay?
But, I don't judge a gun for its ergos. Never crossed my mind about "ergos" until I started reading all these whinny posts about a gun not "fitting the hand".