ORIGINAL: kendradad
ORIGINAL: stalkingbear
PLEASE do yourself a favor and save until you can afford a quality made handgun! Most of them seem to work ok for what they are. Just be aware they are made of cast zinc (slide), and plastic frame. That places all the weight on the top end-exaggerating recoil. Pick up an good used handgun instead, and for not much more money.
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My brother-in-law (he's a LEO) and I went to a gun show a few months ago. I saw the High Point 9mm's there and went to check one of them out. I immediately looked at my brother-in-law like,
"You have got to be kidding me!" 
This thing had to be the biggest, cheeziest, P.O.S. handgun I have ever seen! My brother-in-law said that the gang bangers buy the High Point handguns because, well, they're cheap. If/when they jam, malfunction, break, etc... the gang banger just buys another one - or steals another one.
PLEASE don't buy one of these poorly made P.O.S. handguns... Save up your money to buy something more reliable, or perhaps look at something used that is also reliable and still in good condition too.