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Hi point carbines

leadlead Member Posts: 2,311 ✭✭✭
edited April 2002 in Ask the Experts
I know this topic has been banged around before but I couldn't find it looking back at old posts. I'm looking for a cheap plinker. I bought a Mosin Nagant carbine, good shooter but rough on the shoulder. I was thinking about the Hi Point carbines. Has anyone here put one through the paces? How many rounds have you fired and what kind of problems, if any, did you encounter? Especially, I was wondering if you could get service on the gun if you had trouble with it. Thanks.
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  • gap1916gap1916 Member Posts: 4,977
    edited November -1
    I have owned one and never will again. If you want to plink get a good .22. Mine had all sorts of troubles front sight fell off. Mags would not stay in. If you want a 9mm go for the Ruger PC 9 or find an old Marlin Camp 9. There is always the M1 carbine. My 2 cents
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  • leadlead Member Posts: 2,311 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks, that's the kind of info I wanted. It's not a bargain if it you can't depend on it.
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  • lrarmsxlrarmsx Member Posts: 791 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know several guys that have them and shoot them all the time. They seem to really like them. Gun tests magazine recently gave them high marks, rating them above the Ruger PC9 carbine. At less than half the price, they must have something going for them. Gun Test Magazine doesn't give out high ratings to guns that don't meet their standards. Try to find someone that has one and shoot their's before deciding to pass on them. The company has a lifetime warranty and they stand behind their product.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,599 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gun Test mag made it a point to mention that this was the second time they tested the High Point. The first time, a couple of years ago, I think, they considered it junk.
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  • leadlead Member Posts: 2,311 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks, I respect Gun Test's opinions. I was hoping I'd hear more from owners. In my area I see these guns selling at stores and gun shows, I almost never see them traded in at the gun shops. I don't know if that means the owners are happy and keeping them or so frustrated that they're using them for paperweights at home. Thanks again.
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  • MFIMFI Member Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We have sold several Hi Point's and for the most part every customer has been pleasantly surprised at the accuracy and reliabilty of these guns. For $159-$189.00 bucks how can you go wrong.
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  • davcondavcon Member Posts: 139 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The first few years they problems. Hi-Point has since corrected it. I have one and love it. Never had a problem.
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  • S&W ManS&W Man Member Posts: 208 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one of the Hi-Point 9mm carbines and have now put over 10k rounds thru it any nary any problems or glitshes other than the two squib loads that I reloaded. They weren't the guns fault. I have shot my reloads, commercial reloads and commercial new thru it and it seems to take all of them fine. Have not used any of the "Hot" machine gun loads in it and don't think I will.
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  • Rob3448Rob3448 Member Posts: 171 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well My Hi point should be comming with in the next week. I will let you know how it works!
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