hi-point

[FireMoth]

Almost every single street crawling semi literate knuckle head criminal jack off i ever took down carried one. Apparently they come highly recommended by street gang members throughout the country.

For those who plan on pointing sideways at unarmed victims a few feet away, there is no substitute...

[Inconel710]

I owned a Hi Point 9mm pistol for all of six months. Jammed every time I fully loaded the magazine and every other time I down loaded it. Horrible trigger. Ergonomics of a brick and weighed twice as much.

My SIG P6 cost around $300 and it's a thousand times better gun even though it's nearly as old I am! Get a quality used gun (Beretta, SIG, Glock, S&W) instead.

[Atrain1]

I have owned Hi-points in the past and they are a good gun for the price. the reason they kick so hard is because it is a blowback design, with a big heavy slide. they do not jam like people say they do, if you keep them clean and oiled and greased properly. The only thing I realy dont like about them is you have to use a punch and a hammer to take it apart. I still own one to take with me on road trips, I trust my life and my wife and kids to the 40 I have, I know it works will enough to do what it was intended to do, I also have my feedramp polished, and if I have to use it I dont want one of my expensive guns in a police hold for 3 years, not being taking care of. If you own a Hi-point and plan on trusting your life to it I would reccomend polishing the feedramp, it does not need to be done, but it will let you use a wider variety of ammo, and less of a chance of a ftf. I am not saying they dont jam at all, but they are not crap, and all of mine I have had 2 c9 9mm, one 45 acp, and the 40 s&w I have now, I have had my 45 jam once, when I was showing it off shooting it as fast as I could pull the trigger, dropping the mags in the dirt. The gun fired fine through the first 2 or 3 times I was doing this, I think dirt got into the mag and caused a ftf once. Look on youtube at the torture test a couple guys do to a c9, it will give you a little more respect for that big brick of a Hi-point, size and looks are not the best either. but what do you expect for under 200.00. Go buy a bryco and have it blow up in your face, like mine did.

[palepainter]

I had a friend who was running a 45cal Hi Point and it blew up at a group shoot last year. I can't remember specifically what happened, but it didn't end well. He got off with a bit of shrapnel in his mouth, but his glasses kept more off of him. That is the only bad thing I have heard about the pistols.

On the other hand, I have a 9mm carbine that really is a fantastic little gun. It runs flawlessly, is pretty accurate and didn't cost that much. I have had prob 400 rounds through it.

[AirbornePathogen]

I fired the 9mm once, and it did not impress me one little bit, but you get what you pay for. IMHO, if price is a concern, save up a few more pennies and get yourself a Ruger P-series. Nothing fancy, but they work.

[rfizzle]

I did a 500+ round test on a C9 a while back:
http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23298

Overall:
Better than nothing
They are affordable
Good customer service
But not my choice...

On the other board I had a few hi-point fans suggest different ways to fix the jams. To me that defeats the purpose, I can buy most guns of qaulity and have no problems, no spring stretching or sending it back to get it running.

I think the biggest thing I've seen is that about half the hi-points in the world run good, and the other half don't. 50% is not too good, where most other brands are maybe 10% having issues.

I said it in the review but if someone can honestly only afford $100 for a handgun, it might be an option. But like someone said, you can pick up a decent used revolver for not much more.

[Atrain1]

Jensons has the P95 for 302.00 OTD

[SouthPaw]

I did a 500+ round test on a C9 a while back:
http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23298

Overall:
Better than nothing
They are affordable
Good customer service
But not my choice...

That was actually my old high point he did the test with. I too wanted to see what was all about and did not want to take someones word for it, so I and a friend of mine purchased them new to see what it was about. As rfizzle said the one I traded him would jam about every third mag. The other one my friend bought never jammed once in the 500 rounds we shoot through it. He was even shooting reloads. I was only able to put 200 rounds through mine before I gave up.

He was so impressed with his that he eventually bought a High Point 45. If you were to get one the 45 the way to go. I have put many rounds as well as he did without a hitch.

[leatherneck448]

My SIG P6 cost around $300 and it's a thousand times better gun even though it's nearly as old I am!

THIS ^^^^

After servicing a few of these hi-points(most of them because they "jammed too much". ha, I wonder why....), I can officially tell you that no matter how cheap they are, they are easily the biggest pieces of junk you could ever buy and/or own. The utter stupidity of the "engineers" who designed this oversized black turd of a gun had to be on crack when they drew this thing up...

Sig 225's (a.k.a. P6) are plentiful, and if you look hard enough, can be found for under 300 bucks. Most are former german PD guns, but they still shoot incredibly well, and are leaps and bounds above anything like what you were considering buying (hi-point, bryco, jennings, etc...).

I just bought a PD trade-in glock 17 for 380+shipping with one mag.
After everything (two more mags, holster, dbl. mag pouch, and an ext. mag catch) I will have about $480 into the gun, so you do the math. I basically got a glock 17 with 3 mags, holster, and mag pouches for almost 50 dollars less than what you can generally pick a new gen 3/gen 4 up for new.

Please try and search the market for something better than a hi-point. You will thank yourself later.

[Atrain1]

Like I have said I have owned 2 9mm 1 45 and the 40 I have now to take with me to California to protect me and my wife and 2 kids that I can not live without. and I have not had one jam I have alot of expensive guns I have the Hi Point for a reason, you can not compare a sig to a Hi Point it is like trying to compare a Pinto to a Cadillac. Every friend of mine and brother in law that has had one has not had a jam problem so I dont know were that is coming from but we also take really good care of our guns, you get what you pay for they stand behind there guns no matter how many hands they have been through no questions asked, how many gun companies for under 200 bucks will do that. I had a jennings 9mm that blew up in my face and a bryco 380 that also blew the slide off and it hit me in the face, neither one would fix the gun and the jennings I purchased new about 10 years ago. I think people like to talk crap about Hi Point just cause they are a inexpensive gun, when I bought my 9mm I paid 99.00 new and the 45 145.00 new and my 40 I have I paid 100.00 used how many companies for that kind of price will stand behind there product. And MKS supply makes other guns as well like the Chiappa Rhino and 1911-22, now they are big and bulky but that is because it is a 380 acp 9mm 45 acp and 40 S&W with a blowback design instead of a locked breech like those calibers should be, so it has to have a big heavy slide to safely operate, also with the fixed barrel it is more accurate my brother had my uncles old service revolver S&W 38 special I had my HP C9 we went to the range and at 75 yards I put all 8 rounds in the head he missed one, but at yards he gouped alot better than me. So from my experiance if you take care of them which really sucks to take apart you need a hammer and a punch 2 things that should not be used on a gun they run great especially if you polish the feedramp and take care of the magazines I have seen guys use 1911 magse with a little work to the mag you have to be very careful. So what I am trying to say and this is coming from a 1911 guy who is trying to become a gunsmith so I have been learning how to work on all types of guns, Hi Points are not as bad as everyone says they are if you are in front of one and the guy pulls the trigger it will shoot you. I would not carry one to protect my Family if they were so bad and jammed all the time I have seen them jam but I have also seen a Colt jam alot does that make Colt a bad gun not at all. If you want to buy a Hi Point buy one like I said if it jams like every one says I will buy it from you.