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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:45 pm
by calvinbr
I would have sent it back to the manufacturer and got a new one. From time to time you can get a good gun like like Glock, Kember, S&W, etc... to name a few, and you can still have problems. Would you have cut up a Kimber if it had some problems??? Just asking the question. You could have sold it to someone that might have needed one.
Calvin
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:49 pm
by calvinbr
I am looking into getting a .380 and a 9mm Hi-Point this weekend at the Pasaden gun show. This is what my children are going to start out on. My Glock 23 in 40cal is tooooo much for a little 15 year old girl and a 9 year old boy. That is my thinking.
Calvin
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:08 pm
by KBCraig
I have a buddy who loves the Hi Point carbines. He picks them up all the time at gun shows, abused and ratted out, for $40-50.
The warranty is unconditional, so he sends them back in and gets an essentially new gun in return.
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:37 pm
by age_ranger
KBCraig wrote:age_ranger wrote:It makes a great jigsaw puzzle
It's your money (and not much of it at that), but unless you felt it was unsafe in some way, why destroy it?
I found the overall quality pitiful and wouldn't have given it away. Friends don't let friends own Hi-Points......but that's my opinion. I'm sure they work very well for some people. Plus, that puzzle is about perfect for my difficulty level

Too funny
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:55 pm
by calvinbr
age_ranger wrote:KBCraig wrote:age_ranger wrote:It makes a great jigsaw puzzle
It's your money (and not much of it at that), but unless you felt it was unsafe in some way, why destroy it?
I found the overall quality pitiful and wouldn't have given it away. Friends don't let friends own Hi-Points......but that's my opinion. I'm sure they work very well for some people. Plus, that puzzle is about perfect for my difficulty level

Age,
Tooooo funny about the Difficulty Level!!!!!!!!!!!
Calvin
Too funny
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:55 pm
by calvinbr
age_ranger wrote:KBCraig wrote:age_ranger wrote:It makes a great jigsaw puzzle
It's your money (and not much of it at that), but unless you felt it was unsafe in some way, why destroy it?
I found the overall quality pitiful and wouldn't have given it away. Friends don't let friends own Hi-Points......but that's my opinion. I'm sure they work very well for some people. Plus, that puzzle is about perfect for my difficulty level

Age,
Tooooo funny about the Difficulty Level!!!!!!!!!!!
Calvin
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:39 pm
by phddan
The 45 hi point I got to borrow for a little while worked just fine. I was thinking of getting a few to have for a "Katrina" type emergency, for family and neighbors.
Aint loaning nobody my HK's.
Dan
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:19 pm
by Dougmyers5
I wonder if the bullet knows it was fired from a cheap gun when it takes out the Bad Guy
And I wonder if the bad guy knows he was just put down by a low cost weapon?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:59 am
by Reysc
Dougmyers5 wrote:I wonder if the bullet knows it was fired from a cheap gun when it takes out the Bad Guy
And I wonder if the bad guy knows he was just put down by a low cost weapon?

Doug,
For the price I would like to buy one in 9MM or 45 acp. . Just out of curiosity. I bet you that would be fun.. Unfortunately, can't get it in my part of town. Maybe in gunshows ??
Rey
Hi-Point alternatives
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:58 pm
by ejmjensen
Has anyone looked at Skyy as a choice for a pretty cheap carry.
Re: Hi-Point alternatives
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:34 pm
by ac-mech
ejmjensen wrote:Has anyone looked at Skyy as a choice for a pretty cheap carry.
i read the review and was a good one.....
Re: Hi-Point alternatives
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:48 pm
by Reysc
ejmjensen wrote:Has anyone looked at Skyy as a choice for a pretty cheap carry.

For awhile I thought we are talking VODKA

A google search directed me to the right info!
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:30 pm
by age_ranger
Honestly, if I wanted a reliable, well built handgun, I'd go here:
http://www.berettaforum.net/vb/showthread.php?t=25634
or here:
http://www.berettaforum.net/vb/showthread.php?t=25636
There's simply better options available than the Hi-Point for not much more. Some people will argue that they don't have more $$ to spend. If that's the case, how are they going to afford to buy the ammo to remain proficient with that firearm? I'd rather scrimp and save to buy something else.
If I were a crook, I'd much rather be shot with a Beretta than a Hi-Point.

I'd have to ask the guy..."Hey, can you use this instead?"

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:35 pm
by WarHawk-AVG
I heard good stories about them too...I wouldn't carry it on my person (doesn't have a good safety system I have heard) but it would make a GREAT plinker or even a car gun
Any of you that have "negative" feelings about it actually fire it?
I get the armchair Kommandos from other sites that see it and immediately say it sucks and have NEVER even put thier hands on one
Hell a 9mm plinker for $150 is NEVER a bad thing