Hi Point C9

I agree with those that say if its all you can afford buy a Hi Point and be confident it will work, but if you can afford to put some more money into a gun I would buy something better. I had one of the Hi Point 380's and it worked perfectly. It just has a lot of limitations that you will not have to deal with by going up to around $300 for something like a Smith & Wesson SD9VE or Ruger SR9E. With the more expensive guns you will get better magazine quality, easier to find magazines in my experience, easier to find accessories in general really as well as being less top heavy, easier to carry, higher capacity, and the ability to break down and clean your gun without too much difficulty. Another bonus right now is the SD9VE has a $25 rebate going. Speaking of rebates, over the last few days I have also seen S&W Shield 9mm's as low as $220 plus transfer fee after the $75 rebate.
 
easier to find magazines in my experience, easier to find accessories
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I have easily found magazines from online sources like ebay.
Not sure what "accessories" are even needed for a Hi-Point. The only thing might be a holster, and it has been mentioned that the sub $10 airsoft holster sold at Walmart works well.
and the ability to break down and clean your gun without too much difficulty
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I just don't get why people of so fixated on taking a Hi-Point apart. It simply does not need to be done!
 
Once I was at a point in my life where I could afford a $100 experiment, I bought a C9. Cost me $120, and it's been 100% reliable and more accurate than some of my other guns. I liked it enough that I bought a Hi Point 9mm carbine, and it's just as fun as the C9 is.

And I wouldn't ever call them "junk". They are ugly. And not ergonomic. But I consider a junk gun to be one that I don't trust to go bang every time. Or that I'm afraid it will blow up in my face. I have no fears about either happening to my Hi Points.

Oh, and want to know the benefit of a $120 gun? I can leave it loaded and hidden in my garage and not care a bit if it starts to rust.
 
bassJAM1, you speak a very common truth known by people who actually own Hi-Point firearms.
I too want to add a carbine to my brace of Hi-Points, but think I will go with the 45acp.
Even though it has a lower capacity than a pistol caliber carbine should, I saw a video on how to easily make higher capacity magazines for a 1911 work perfectly in the Hi-Point 9545TS.
 
Hi-Point C9---------$150
100 rounds range ammo---$30
1 hour range time--- $15
The look on the guy's face in the next lane with his Sig when you out shoot him.--PRICELESS!
 
Nice responses everyone. I forgot to ask, are the sights any good on them? How would they compare to the sights on Glocks or Springfields? Are they (the sights) even in the same league?

Thanks again,

MosinNOUGAT
 
three dot adjustable arrangement. They stay put and you can hit what you're pointing at. I really wouldn't put them in the same league as standard sights on higher end guns.

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Cheapshooter, in hindsight I wish I had gone with a .45 carbine as well. I could have then hunted deer in Ohio with it when they opened up some pistol caliper rifles as being legal to use. Instead, I paid WAY too much for a .357 Marlin lever action.
 
Cheapshooter, in hindsight I wish I had gone with a .45 carbine as well. I could have then hunted deer in Ohio with it when they opened up some pistol caliper rifles as being legal to use. Instead, I paid WAY too much for a .357 Marlin lever action.
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Although I have lots of options for any SHTF scenarios, and the Hi-Point carbine would just be another range blaster plaything, if I am limited to the number of holes I put into something, I prefer them to be the biggest possible.:D
 
My C9 came with two rear sights. Two dot, and a bit unusual, ghost ring sight as well.
Don't know if they still include the ghost ring.
 
I have a HP .380, a JHP.45 and a .45 carbine. They all work. My .380 is my favorite as it is lighter, has a natural pointing ability and proportioned a little better than the .45. They all always fire. I have an occasional failure to feed on the carbine. Might just need to be fired more. I don't think the .380 is as ugly as a Glock. I have more expensive guns by far. I have none that are more reliable. And few any more accurate. Bash them if you will. You can't prove with the numbers that they are junk. Reliability or accuracy. And customer service is as good as any out there.

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The mass of the Hi-Point slide is not because the slide is zinc and will break or fail in use, it is because the gun is a blowback. A blowback in 9mm P or .45 has to have a heavy slide to "keep the lid on" until chamber pressure drops to a safe level, otherwise, the cartridge case will be blown apart and the gun damaged, no matter what the slide is made from. The only other blowback 9mm made in quantity was the Astra 400/600; the Spanish gun's slide is lighter, but it has a hidden "delaying factor" not found in the HP, namely the placing of the hammer strut at such an angle that the gun becomes a retarded blowback. That is not the case with the HP, so the slide has to be heavier. (AFAIK, no one has made a blowback pistol in .45 ACP except HP.)

Jim
 
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