Has anybody shot this?
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As far as the HiPoint carbine goes it is a reliable carbine. I read an article in Gun Test magazine a couple years ago and it compared the hi point 995 against the beretta CX Storm and another carbine (possibly the Keltec) and the HiPoint came out on top in both reliability and ergodynamics. It may look like a POS but in actuality it is a good carbine.
As for the 40 S&W, do not use it on anything larger than coyotes.
As for the 40 S&W, do not use it on anything larger than coyotes.
that's the experience I've had with mine. it's bulky, ugly, clunky, whatever word you wanna use. I don't often admit to owning it.. And I wouldn't have spent my own money on it.... But I have had zero problems with it. and it really does shoot well. Don't know if they're all that way or if I got lucky. But it really is a fun little thing to shoot.
-Jake
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Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Roscoe, NY
Posts: 96
Exactly. I had no idea.
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I know two guys with Hi-Point carbines in 9mm. They both mentioned that they had to replace an internal "recoil buffer pad". The rubber got hard and crumbled. I suspect that the .40 S&W may have the same problem.
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Illinois
Posts: 282
Seriously though, I haven't heard anything good enough about Hi-Point's quality control to interest me in any of their offerings. Not to mention, 9mm and .40 don't really lend themselves to being very useful hunting cartridges. Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way, but a 16" AR could easily do anything the Hi-Point Carbine could do, and then some.