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:confused: Has anyone had or heard about a bad experience with Hi Point C\B 9mm? I have heard "throw away" tagged on it I was just wondering if it was a safe gun to own? I thought about buying one nothing more than home protection. Any feed back would be appreciated. thanks
 
Much better choices (in reliability, accuracy, ergonomics) are available in the same price range. Makarov and FEG handguns come to mind.
 
The Hi-Point 9mm "compact" was the only gun I ever willingly destroyed!!! Heck, it's the only gun I have ever destroyed!!!! I buried it somewhere in the Sonorian desert. What a total POS!!!:barf:
 
The Hi-Point carbine (in 9mm) is an interesting and surprisingly effective weapon. (Cops are starting to pick them up with their own money as a backup weapon to keep in the patrol car.)

The rest of the Hi-point line are novelties, like a pig that retrieves newspapers: interesting when you see one, but you wondered why anyone bothers.
 
Although their weird looking,you could do much worse than Hi-Point.That said,they are not Sig or Ruger quality but from my experience they are decent guns for the money.I like my compensated 9mm and plan on keeping it.You will run across extreme predjudice here concerning Hi-point but i'm convinced its coming from misinformed people who have not shot a Hi-Point in years.;)
 
This will make me unpopular as well but I have to agree with Tropical Z. The C-9 my buddy bought from me has now seen approximately 1000 rounds without failure or even a hiccup in function.

If you get a Hi-Point you simply must be aware that there are better guns out there. But that's really true no matter what you buy. It will work and it will fire. It will do everything necessary to get the job done. Is it pretty? No. Is it heavy? Yes. Is the trigger gritty? Yes. But, does it work? YES.

Now having said that, I too would go with a short-barreled pump shotgun for home defense. HD guns tend to sit in the corner a long long long time before they are used. And nothing sits in a corner better than a pump-action shotugn. :) Besides that, shotguns have the best "point and click" interface available for HD.

Regards,

Warm Bore
 
From Walt Sherrill:
The Hi-Point carbine (in 9mm) is an interesting and surprisingly effective weapon. (Cops are starting to pick them up with their own money as a backup weapon to keep in the patrol car.)

The rest of the Hi-point line are novelties, like a pig that retrieves newspapers: interesting when you see one, but you wondered why anyone bothers.
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Everything Walt says is absolutely correct. While it would certainly not be my first choice in a home defense weapon, I did pick one up as a noveltie to plink with at the range. I've been pleasantly surprised by both its accuracy and its reliability.

I got mine from an LEO who used it as his patrol car back-up until he bought an H&K USP .45 carbine. Paid well under $200 for rifle with compensator, laser, red-dot scope, buttstock mag carrier, extra mags, and a couple boxes of +P+ ammo. Good deal, IMO.

FWIW, I wouldn't hesitate to pick it up to defend myself. On the other hand, I've heard very few positive things about the pistols --- including from owners of the carbine. I'd be hard-pressed to buy a Hi-Point pistol, based on that.

Take care. Marko
 
I love to read these threads. The responses are evenly divided between people who don't have one and never did but feel some need to respond anyway, and those that have actually owned and fired one. At least half the stuff in any given thread is pure speculation.
 
I love to read these threads. The responses are evenly divided between people who don't have one and never did but feel some need to respond anyway, and those that have actually owned and fired one. At least half the stuff in any given thread is pure speculation.
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444,
Has the Hi-Point gotten better over the years???? I don't think that I want to spend the money to find out!!!!!
 
I've seen this thread countless times on various boards, and the general consensus is always the same: the carbines are pretty decent, but stay away from the pistols. And this conclusion is reached by those who've actually owned or fired the carbine and/or the pistol.

While I've no desire to suck on a turd, there's nothing like experience to give the definitive answer. Fortunately for me, my Hi-Point carbine tastes pretty darn good.
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Take care all. Marko
 
That said, if I only had a small amount of cash to spend on home defense, I'd be looking at a Remington 870. I got mine with an extra deer slug barrel for less than $250.

A used Ruger .357 would also do the job, along with a number of other choices.

Take care. Marko
 
You could probably buy a decent used 4 inch DA revoler in 38 special for around the same $ -- that's what I'd do (no problems with the shotgun either). Throw some big 158 FBI loads in it and and never worrying about whether it's going to jam on the next trigger pull.
-Ed
 
I don't know George, it is all I can do to keep my dog away from the horse manure. It must have something going for it. I never owned a Hi-Point handgun, and probably never will. I do own a Hi-Point carbine. A friend of mine bought one and at the time I laughed my head off about it. A couple years later he wanted to sell the rifle, a case of PMC ammo, the laser, and 4 mags all for $75. I bought it and it isn't bad. I never shoot it, but it isn't bad. At one time I saw a Makarov in a display case and thought, "Who would buy a piece of junk like that ?". But after everybody else bought one, I couldn't resist. It turned out to be pretty good. I said the same thing about the CZ-52, actually I said a lot more about the CZ-52, but I ended up with a couple of them and they are reliable, accurate and a lot of fun. I have laughed at people buying milsurp rifles since my childhood, but recently got on a milsurp rifle kick and bought 11 of them so far. The point is that I made a judgement about something I didn't know anything about. And, if someone would have asked me about any one of those items, I would have said it was junk without really knowing anything about it. I have done this enough that I realize no that I wasn't doing anyone a favor. Nothing personal to anyone, I just get a kick out of it. I difinitely agree that for the price of a Hi-Point, you can get some real good used tried and proven alternatives. I recently paid $125 for a mint condition S&W Model 28.
 
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