Old Hi Point models

I won a Hi Point 45 acp on a lowball bid on Gunbroker bout 10 yrs ago ,ran about
1.5K plus thru it mostly reloads 230 gr LRN and Ball .. I dont recall any failures after first magazine... I never cleaned it .. The big gun was accurate . Traded it at the range .. For a Marlin Model 60 22LR that was NIB ....
 
Maybe look at Taurus? I think ruger makes or used to make a sub $400 .45 auto. Personally I would save up for one of these over the hi point.
 
Hmm.. so with a metal frame it could be more likened to a brick on a brick instead of a brick on a stick?!?!?! :p

I'm teasing. As ugly as they are, they work... and there's not much more you could ask for at the price point. I bought one early on when they first hit the market, and a second some time later.
I've since purchased three of their carbines used, one 9mm and then two in .45 which I wound up giving to my sons.
They work *shrugs*... and they're a heck of an accurate little hoot for them to play with at the range.

Regarding dropping one? Drop it in a puddle and leave it there for a month, then send it in to Hi-Point with a broken frame and frozen with rust and they'll still fix or replace it... hard to beat.
 
Just don't drop it on a hard surface
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Why not? Not any more susceptible to damage than any other gun if dropped on a hard surface.
Most likely less susceptible to damage if draged down a dirt road behind your truck.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...BE5CB19E79268B291A6ABE5CB19E79268B2&FORM=VIRE
But if you do manage to mess something up, they replace it, and give you a couple mags for your trouble.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...B32966620AA19CE5AD3AB32966620AA19CE&FORM=VIRE
Then there is the mud, running over by a truck, 30% over maximum loaded round, 50% over loaded round, empty brass jammed into the muzzle,and stove bolt driven into the barrel.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AbvvurXmAmg
I'll skip part 2, and 3 which still did not blow it up, and go right to 4. The final test to blow up a Hi-Point. Torture that I am sure would have destroyed more costly "good" firearms long before the Hi-Point became inoperable.
https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=LKkQm5TRaWE
 
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Cheapshooter said:
Why not? Not any more susceptible to damage than any other gun if dropped on a hard surface.
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I think the point he was making is they're so heavy, you're likely to cause more damage to the floor or whatever it's dropped on than the gun.
 
^ That's about 10 years too late :o

Was twirling an unloaded pellet gun and dropped muzzle down on one of my toes. Worst pain I've probably ever felt and the toenail has been crooked ever since.
 
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