I think I'm going to buy a Hi Point 9mm pistol,,,

[aarondhgraham]

Well I've mulled it over and have decided to go ahead with the purchase.

Tuesday morning I'm calling The Evil Pawn Shop Guy and have him order one for me,,,
Academy Sports has them in stock but I'd rather spend my money locally.

One thing I've noticed about Hi-Point comments,,,
There are very few sitting on the fence,,,
It's a love 'em/hate 'em kinda thing.

I also decided to heck with buying an Uncle Mikes tactical rig,,,
If I can make a $500.00 rig for a pair of airsoft guns,,,
I can do the same for a pair of hi-points.

Something like this I believe.



It'll be a fun project,,,
Does "lipstick on a pig" sound right?

Aarond

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[TunnelRat]

Double shoulder holster stainless USP with match weights? A Tomb Raider homage?


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[Prof Young]

Go for it.
Prof Young

[aarondhgraham]

"Double shoulder holster stainless USP with match weights? A Tomb Raider homage?"

You nailed it except it wasn't a shoulder rig.

Several years back a young lady (college girl) wanted to do Halloween as Lara Croft,,,
Since she had been schlepping beer to me for years I said I would help.

We ordered the Lara Croft Airsoft guns off the web,,,
Then I made the gun-belt and holsters for her.

It really was sort of silly for me to do that at the level I did,,,
The belt and holsters were hand carved, hand stitched, and lined with pig skin.

She did win first place at the restaurant/bar where she worked though.



I gave her the rig and pistols as a graduation gift.

For the Hi Point rig I think I'll try and style something "SteamPunk" looking.

Back in the late 70's through the 90's I used to make a lot of custom leather for the medieval and fantasy costume play crowd.

I think the Hi-Point will fit the bill very nicely,,,
Besides I'm getting bored in my old age.

Time to do something whimsical and fun.

Aarond

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[cc-hangfire]

Originally Posted by Cheapshooter

My first Hi-Point was a C9 bought strictly out of curiocity. Could they possibly be as bad as the hating gun snobs claim?
I was delighted to find the answer was a resounding NO!...

Buy it! I have one for the same reason- curiosity. It hangs in the safe between the FN High Power and the Sig P226, and right above the Detonics Pocket 9 which is the only other blowback 9x19 in my accumulation. How do you know the truth about the C9 without first hand experience?

[aarondhgraham]

Just got off the horn with the Evil Pawn Shop Guy,,,
The order is in for a new C9 pistol.

Aarond

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[Cheapshooter]

For the Hi Point rig I think I'll try and style something "SteamPunk" looking.

That sounds really cool. Got my gears working though. A steampunk rig for my 1895 Nagant. With it's sliding cylinder, and recessed bullet gas seal cartridges it starts out a little steampunk.
Being an 1895 era design it fits!

[GLK]

My original 9mm HiPoint is now with its third or forth owner and still does nothing but eat everything & spit out empties. Best $149.00 semi 9MM ever offered and a life time warranty. I want another but I want the Yeet Cannon G-2.

[dannyb]

I am also one of those folk who question the Hi Point bashing. I have a 9mm, .45, and a carbine. All of them eat everything I feed them and keep on ticking. I've noticed that most of the Hi-point bashers don't actually own one. They comment on the weight, the ugliness, and the one time that they rented one that hadn't been cleaned in a year and had issues. Methinks that their noses are so high in the air that their eyesight is blocked.

[Onward Allusion]

Despite having a guns that are more mainstream (Glock, Beretta, S&W, Taurus, Ruger, & Colt), Hi Points have a special place in my heart. I mean where can you get a new pistol that actually works with a lifetime no questions warranty that is made in the US for less than $200 out the door.

[luger fan]

Last summer I was sitting at pool reading a gun rag. I saw a add for Hi Point. I called and asked why they dont make them computable with Glock mags. The lady laughed and said "WE GET 10-15 OF THESE CALLS A DAY. SOMEDAY IT MAY HAPPEN BUT NOW WE HAVE A 8 MONTH BACK ORDER ON EVERYTHING." They must be doing something right.

[Arrowhead37]

I recently returned to this forum after several years away and a computer melt down. I couldn't scare up my old info so created a new account an am going to chime in with my 2 cents on the C-9. I bought one quite a few years ago just to play with and see if it was as bad as some claimed or as good as some claimed. First off is looks. Yeah, it's kinda ugly but not quite as ugly as a Glock in my eyes. It's grips are slick and the trigger is heavy. I tweeked the trigger on mine and helped the trigger quiet a bit. I stippled the grips which made it easier to hold on to and then shot the heck out of it with cheap ball ammo and even some handloads. I could shoot it about as accurately as any of my much more expensive guns using the same quality ammo and it never hiccuped once in the time I owned it. I grew tired of it eventually and used it for trade goods. With a lifetime warranty why not buy one if you want it? Don't work? Send it back.

[mr bolo]

the HI POINT is just too far below my standards

I would rather buy the cheapest surplus service grade handgun like a STAR BM or a Tokarev, made of machined better quality steel , military grade and not very expensive for a real service grade gun

the hi point is a "pot metal" economy pistol thats not even designed to be field stripped





https://www.jgsales.com/star-bm,-9mm...-p-101051.html

[jetinteriorguy]

I have a Star BM I picked up a couple years ago. Great little shooter for a good price and built like a tank. I got lucky, not only is mine mechanically in great shape but even cosmetically it’s pretty decent.

[TruthTellers]

Originally Posted by luger fan

Last summer I was sitting at pool reading a gun rag. I saw a add for Hi Point. I called and asked why they dont make them computable with Glock mags. The lady laughed and said "WE GET 10-15 OF THESE CALLS A DAY. SOMEDAY IT MAY HAPPEN BUT NOW WE HAVE A 8 MONTH BACK ORDER ON EVERYTHING." They must be doing something right.

Idk if they'll ever do that, but I'd like to see them do a few things with their guns and the first is to make the mags between pistols and carbines the same. However, I would like to see an option where the carbines would be fitted with some sort of an adapter like Ruger uses to also accept Glock mags.

Would really make the 10mm a must have at that point.

[Nodak1858]

I own all kinds of hand guns. Revolers, autos and BP, and all brands Ruger, SW Springfield, Glock and military surplus. I bought 2 Hi-points a 380 and a 45. They are what they are, inexpensive guns that work. Yes some have issues but how many expensive guns have problems and the answer is "need to break them in". People are ok with that answer because the guns cost alot? Makes no sense to me, they should work out of the box. My two Hipoints have worked well, I had to tweak the extended mags on the 380 but other than that zero issues. The 45 hasn't missed a beat. So I pull the trigger, it goes off and I hit the target. How is that bad? They're not trying to be the fanciest race ready gun out there, they are made to be affordable guns. And they have a lifetime warranty, no matter h ow !any people.owned it before you.

[Cheapshooter]

the hi point is a "pot metal" economy pistol thats not even designed to be field stripped

Field strip? Just doesn't need it. Try shooting your Star or Tokarev with just cleaning what you can get to without field stripping for several thousand rounds, if it makes it that far, and send it to the manufacturer for free cleaning, repair, or replacement if it fails. I'm sure those "higher standard" companies will take care of it just like Hi-Point does. Probably include a spare magazine for your trouble when they return it too.
Gun snobbery has no place in my safe.

[TRX]

> It's a love 'em/hate 'em kinda thing.

Honestly, I was on the hate 'em side until I took pity on a friend who had a Hi Point .40 with function problems. I took the gun home, took it apart - you have to drive a roll pin out, just like a Smith & Wesson Sigma - and cleaned a bunch of "lubricant" someone had filled it with, that had dried out and turned gluey. It took solvents and scraping just to get it apart; that it fired at all was astonishing.

The more I looked at it, the more impressed I became. There's some interesting engineering in there. What needs to be accurately made is, what isn't, has generous clearance. It's designed to be inexpensive to make, but the designers did it be careful attention to where the money needed to go, not by just making it as cheaply as possible.

The Hi Point has a blowback action. It has to be strong where it counts when it's chambered in .40 or .45. The Hi Point is a big, beefy gun to make that work without beating itself to death. It's not a small or light gun; that's your trade-off.

I function-tested it at the range before returning it to its owner. I've shot guns that cost a lot more, that weren't as accurate or comfortable to shoot. I've considered purchasing a couple for myself, as car and truck guns.

[aarondhgraham]

I just got off the horn with The Evil Pawn Shop Guy.
And I'm a little bit bummed.

He has tried all three of the distributors he deals with,,,
There is not a Hi-Point C9 pistol to be had.

So I thought I would order one from budsgunshop.com,,,
All of the models they have listed are "out of stock"

This leaves me only one place left to try,,,
But dang I hate spending money at Academy Sports.

I know they had one in stock about three weeks ago,,,
But if they are out my SteamPunk rig might have to wait a while.

Aarond

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[Carmady]

They must be popular pistols.

[Cheapshooter]

I know they had one in stock about three weeks ago

Bet it's gone by now!
Gun shops in my area have lines out the doors. First Covid-19 lockdown, food andesentialshortages. Now riots. People are buying any gun they can find!