Hi- Point 9mm
04-23-2009, 04:29 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: VA, USA
Posts: 3,116
RE: Hi- Point 9mm
Got to agree with the others on this one. If all you want to do is plink with the gun then fine, go ahead and get it. Problem is though you want it to keep in your vehicle and at your bedside. So that tells me you want it for self defense. I would not trust my life nor any of my loved ones to a Hi Point. I was in college once beforetoo and understandtight budget restraints. If it were me, I would start saving towards something else.
04-23-2009, 12:58 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Coralville, IA. USA
Posts: 3,802
RE: Hi- Point 9mm
ORIGINAL: BigTiny
My experience with the Hi-point carbine is it is a very ugly, fairly durable, cheap firearm. If I wanted a small carbine for plinking, I would get one. The pistols I would pass on. I have been shot at twice with them, and both guns failed at a very inopportune time for the shooter.
If it were an inexpensive auto pistol I was after, I would go for the Makarov. They are some of the most durable handguns made, and you can get them for around 200 bucks. It shoots a 9mm round that is different from the Luger ammo, but makes a hole nonetheless. The 9mm makarov rounds are still in plentiful supply, and the price hasn't tripled, like the 9mm Luger ammo.
My experience with the Hi-point carbine is it is a very ugly, fairly durable, cheap firearm. If I wanted a small carbine for plinking, I would get one. The pistols I would pass on. I have been shot at twice with them, and both guns failed at a very inopportune time for the shooter.
If it were an inexpensive auto pistol I was after, I would go for the Makarov. They are some of the most durable handguns made, and you can get them for around 200 bucks. It shoots a 9mm round that is different from the Luger ammo, but makes a hole nonetheless. The 9mm makarov rounds are still in plentiful supply, and the price hasn't tripled, like the 9mm Luger ammo.
Hi-Points, Brycos, Jimenez Arms and the like are great guns for criminals, if they are to be armed at all (which, contrary to the gun control pipe dreams of the left, they always will be). I'd rather have the bad guys packing cheap, unreliable guns than quality pieces. Keeps everybody but the perp alive longer.
Mike
04-24-2009, 05:46 AM
#23
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Southern Mississippi
Posts: 111
RE: Hi- Point 9mm
It is a cheap gun,but I've owned several cheapies in my time.Why not find a good,used 9 at a pawn shop?I bought a Ruger P89DC 9 mm for $150.00 Three years ago ,and I've not had a single hangup or misfire.It looked like it had been through Hurricane Katrina,but I used a half can of gun scrubber and it looked ,not new,but in good condition.It shoots like a new gun.
