Hi Point 9mm

[john455]

My brother bought a used Hi Point 9mm and we took it to the range and I have to say I was impressed with how accurate it was and how well it performed. Then we brought it back to the house and broke it down to clean it and I was even more impressed. I have never seen a weapon that dirty and gombed up. It was pitiful. it took him a good hour to get all the grease and crap out of that gun and it was still cycling and eating everything he put thru it. Still not my choice in weapons but I do have a new respect for them now. 

[graycrait]

My first hand experiences with 9mm HiPoints, both pistol and carbine, were positive.  

[TNWNGR]

Yep. The ugliest gun you don't want to own that impresses the heck out of you when you watch someone shooting theirs or get to shoot one yourself.

[LCPfraTN]

Yep, they are ugly and heavy, but accurate and reliable. I only have a carbine at this time, but have had pistols in the past just to see if they were as bad as a lot of people want to say they are...and they aren't. I was amazed at their accuracy and never had a single hiccup with them. Sold mine after a while to friends that shot them and liked them more than I did since I never did get past the ugly and the weight. [emoji1]


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[tartanphantom]

Amazing how well a dirty boat anchor can shoot sometimes, isn't it? :rofl: :hiding:

Edited March 12, 2015 by tartanphantom

[Rhodewarrior]

They're like mopeds, fun but you just don't want your friends to see you with one! :biglol:

Edited March 13, 2015 by Rhodewarrior

[DWARREN123]

They do indeed have a decent rep.

[Moped]

Had a carbine that was a fun little rifle.  I intend to get a 9mm or a .45 Hi-Point at some point just to have one.

[Caster]

HiPoints are like ugly chicks who can cook. You might not show em off but you don't mind going home to em.

[Mike.357]

I got three of them, a C9, 40 JCP and a 9 tacticool carbine.   

 

They are all ammo eaters.  And they all spit lead in the spot I aim them at.  They don't need cleaning or much love at all.

 

They are really like fat girls.

 

Bought the C9 for  song when I was leaving a gun show one day.  It looks like hell since I painted the slide OD green,  I really like it.  Bought a 40 years back and sold it to help finance a M1, always felt empty after that so I bought another.  It made me whole.

[hipower]

I got three of them, a C9, 40 JCP and a 9 tacticool carbine.   
 
They are all ammo eaters.  And they all spit lead in the spot I aim them at.  They don't need cleaning or much love at all.
 
They are really like fat girls.
 
Bought the C9 for  song when I was leaving a gun show one day.  It looks like hell since I painted the slide OD green,  I really like it.  Bought a 40 years back and sold it to help finance a M1, always felt empty after that so I bought another.  It made me whole.

Ok...the fat girl comment got me. lol

After all this talk of Hi-points, I just might have to hunt for a really cheap one and try them again.

I'd be willing to pay what I did for the last one I had.

Anybody need a fast 75 bucks for a new Hi-point 9?

[Mike.357]

75 bucks is a steal.  Buy all you can at that price.  I'd buy ten for 750.  PM me if if you have them to sell.   

 

If they are broke Mom will fix them under warranty.  the POS I bought at a gun show had a ghost ring on it,  I called Mom and she sent me a new sight for no cost.   I am pretty sure if I sent the nasty looking C9 back to them they would put  new slide on it even though I am the one who painted it.  I know she would.  As far as the C9 goes the uglier it is the better.  

 

Anything under 150 is very fair for a High Point pistol.   

 

they are fugly but shoot as good as any gun made.

 

And Hipower,  fat girls need loving too.

[rugerla1]

I got three of them, a C9, 40 JCP and a 9 tacticool carbine.   

 

They are all ammo eaters.  And they all spit lead in the spot I aim them at.  They don't need cleaning or much love at all.

 

They are really like fat girls.

 

Bought the C9 for  song when I was leaving a gun show one day.  It looks like hell since I painted the slide OD green,  I really like it.  Bought a 40 years back and sold it to help finance a M1, always felt empty after that so I bought another.  It made me whole.

 

I was contemplating painting mine too, didn't figure it would help much but the solid, shiny black is just hideous. I was thinking OD like you did, or maybe FDE or a mixture of all and not even care if it's a pattern. It'll never be pretty, ever.

[suspiciousmind]

HiPoints are like ugly chicks who can cook. You might not show em off but you don't mind going home to em.

I laughed really hard at this.

[Mike.357]

I was contemplating painting mine too, didn't figure it would help much but the solid, shiny black is just hideous. I was thinking OD like you did, or maybe FDE or a mixture of all and not even care if it's a pattern. It'll never be pretty, ever.

 

mine is hideous, but it looks awesome.  

 

paint them, shine them, it does not matter.  the bullets go where they are aimed.

[Dolomite_supafly]

Because they are blowback they are also probably one of the safest pistols on the market. Plenty of tests out there where people have intentionally over loaded the ammunition and the High Point ate it without a bobble. Iraqiveteran8888 even has a series where he tries to destroy one. It finally gave up when they filled the barrel with powder, drove a bolt into the muzzle then clamped it all together. Before that it survived everything and most of it no other pistol on the market would have survived. A Glock would crawl away begging for mercy at any of the tests their High point survived.

[Caster]

Dolomite is right. I watched them fire a compressed load of bullseye and it survived.
My Glock would die on the spot. So would ANY 1911, M&P or XD.

Not sure I've ever HEARD of another pistol survive multiple bore obstructions. What it took to finally kill it is pretty insane.

I'll agree again with Dolomite on the blow back. Once pressure builds enough to overcome the weight of the slide and tension of the spring, the slide moves back. Any remaining pressure escapes out the ejection port. Meaning, you may get a face full of gas but you're NOT holding a pipe bomb.
Final destruction came from a bore obstruction and a c clamp. The clamp essentially made it a locked breech. Pressure has to go SOMEWHERE.

If they could only engineer a steel slide with a depleted uranium core so they could get the weight required but reduce the overall size of the slide, they could engineer a design with ergonomics equal to any other and have a pistol that is far safer than any other on the market. Edited March 13, 2015 by Caster

[JAB]

I have a 9mm carbine that I really like.  It is both reliable and accurate to the point that, if need be, I would trust my life to it.  I do wish HP would offer higher capacity factory mags but in reality - for my use - that probably isn't all that big a deal.

 

A few years back, I bought my mom a barely used HP 9mm pistol just because I wanted her to try out a 9mm handgun (her HD weapon at the time was a less-than-completely reliable semiauto .22 rifle.)  I figured that if she decided she liked the caliber then she could trade it and upgrade.  Yeah, not gonna happen - that HP isn't going anywhere.  It has also been reliable and accurate.  She took her HCP class with it and apparently shot better than anyone else in the class - to the point that everyone else was asking what gun she was using.  Of course, she doesn't carry that brick but she loves it - so much that she bought a Hi Point .45, as well.

[hipower]

75 bucks is a steal.  Buy all you can at that price.  I'd buy ten for 750.  PM me if if you have them to sell.   
 
If they are broke Mom will fix them under warranty.  the POS I bought at a gun show had a ghost ring on it,  I called Mom and she sent me a new sight for no cost.   I am pretty sure if I sent the nasty looking C9 back to them they would put  new slide on it even though I am the one who painted it.  I know she would.  As far as the C9 goes the uglier it is the better.  
 
Anything under 150 is very fair for a High Point pistol.   
 
they are fugly but shoot as good as any gun made.
 
And Hipower,  fat girls need loving too.

Did I say anything against fat/plus size girls? I really don't like the current fashion trend of women looking like toothpicks.

I rather like a late 40's/50's style woman like Haley Atwell in Agent Carter.

And as for the 75 buck Hi-point buy, that was several years ago. Bought it and a Sigma for 200.

both were actually functionally very good. But I had an opportunity to sell them individually for more than I paid for them and took it.

[Dolomite_supafly]

Dolomite is right. I watched them fire a compressed load of bullseye and it survived.
My Glock would die on the spot. So would ANY 1911, M&P or XD.

Not sure I've ever HEARD of another pistol survive multiple bore obstructions. What it took to finally kill it is pretty insane.

I'll agree again with Dolomite on the blow back. Once pressure builds enough to overcome the weight of the slide and tension of the spring, the slide moves back. Any remaining pressure escapes out the ejection port. Meaning, you may get a face full of gas but you're NOT holding a pipe bomb.
Final destruction came from a bore obstruction and a c clamp. The clamp essentially made it a locked breech. Pressure has to go SOMEWHERE.

If they could only engineer a steel slide with a depleted uranium core so they could get the weight required but reduce the overall size of the slide, they could engineer a design with ergonomics equal to any other and have a pistol that is far safer than any other on the market.

 

They do, it is called Jimenez Arms. It is a much better looking pistol and is blowback.

 

Here is their 380:

 

And their 9mm:

Edited March 13, 2015 by Dolomite_supafly

[jtmaze]

I always wanted to get a hipoint just so I can have the slide ported and put a muzzle brake on it and have a real gun to carry when I dress up as Robocop on Halloween. :hiding:


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[hipower]

Hmmmm. Now that's a good idea.

I might just try that in my neighborhood. It can't tick off the lefties any more than I already have.

I pissed off one by giving his 4 year old a bag of soldiers and some small vehicles. He had a fit.

Took them from the boy and broke all the guns off.

The kid plays with dolls. I think he's already lost.

[Caster]

Hmmmm. Now that's a good idea.

I might just try that in my neighborhood. It can't tick off the lefties any more than I already have.

I pissed off one by giving his 4 year old a bag of soldiers and some small vehicles. He had a fit.

Took them from the boy and broke all the guns off.

The kid plays with dolls. I think he's already lost.

 

 

This year give the kid a dress and some nice hoop earrings.  

[hipower]

This year give the kid a dress and some nice hoop earrings.

His dad would approve of this.

[Steelharp]

His dad would approve of this.

His "dad" must pee sitting down. What's his OTHER dad think?