Hi-point firearms
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Topic: Hi-point firearms
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Subject: Hi-point firearms
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2019 at 7:13pm
| Anybody own one? Anybody have any experiences with them? I recently joined their forum and been studying their history. Ive found that most folks that hate them have never touched one. Ive asked a few and they say this or that but the truth is they are 100% American made 100% lifetime warranty and they rate way up the ladder in reliability tests. Yes they are heavy. |
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Posted By: Mnfarmboy
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2019 at 9:19pm
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I have a 9mm, don't look like much, always goes bang when it should. I f somebody "borrowed" it I would not be as heart broke as if he took one of my S&W's. Dave
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2019 at 11:28pm
| me thinks he's trying to find a gun that will scare me if I shows up there one day! |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 4:09am
Nope we gonna split some fire wood in the Arkansas humidity. Now that art to give you a good spookin. |
shameless dude wrote:Posted By: brad durst
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 4:28am
| owned a few over the years. always worked well but its like carrying a big club. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 5:55am
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HMmmmm,,,don't think I've ever owned one,,didn't they make quite a few .22 rifles back in the day,,?? UMMmm,,,how you gonna split firewood with one,,????
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Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 9:04am
Now Joe, in the firewood splitting, he already told you it was kind of heavy and those Arkansas boys can get pretty creative with fixin something together. ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: Leon n/c AR.
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 10:32am
| The Hi-point firearms are a dependable ugly pistol but seems to be very dependable, keep one of the 45 cal under the seat of my truck. Also have 9mm pistol and .45 rifle. None will win a beauty contest but all very dependable. Leon |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 2:30pm
I’ll be a sittin in the shade givin him good instructions on splitting that far wood. I’ll be drinking sweet tea and he will gets a few beers of his choosing when he’s done. The Hi-point ain’t part of this deal. He would probably confiscate it if he sees it. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 2:33pm
I have a 9mm and find it quite reliable. I’m not really a hand gun guy. I got Jenn a S&W M&P shield performance 9 mm. I traded my old table saw for the hi-point just because we have 9mm ammo. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 2:36pm
Joe I think you’re thinking High Standard. I want me a High Standard 22 semi Auto pistol in the worse way. |
Posted By: TimCNY
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 2:54pm
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.40S&W carbine. Everything is a surprise; the weight (yeah it's heavy but so is everything else), the price (LIKE YA STOLE IT!), and the accuracy (I have NO complaints; if it groups poorly the fault isn't the gun's). And you're right, the only detractors I've met are non-owners. I say go ahead and buy it. If you don't like it, sell it to me. 
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 3:20pm
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I have a 40 cal hand gun.... never a miss fire. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 6:45pm
| If that's the ones that used to be made in Mansfield Oh. and were called Stallard, in the early years had problems with jamming but I think they are a totally different animal now. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 7:01pm
That’s the ones and still made there |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 9:59pm
| High Point Pistols are cheap, reliable and not for everyday carry. If it goes bang and hits what you aim at who am I to judge! I have an FNS 9 that I like very well. I also have a Taurus model 66 -7 shot 357 magnum. The pistol is heavy and can pull my pants down! I carry the 357 in a chest rig when hunting. |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 10:33pm
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Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 11:02pm
| Seems to me I heard somewhere along the line they were originally designed as a cheap cops backup gun, then the reputation and weight put an end to that. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 4:09am
Mine is a year old and the box says manufactured by Strassell machine Mansfield OH. I know they sold some years back but I believe they stayed in the same area. |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 7:48am
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I have a Taurus 357 mag revolver and if it misfires it's on to the next round pulling the trigger. I hate messing with a shell that didn't fire, but at least there's no jam that could cost me. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 8:40am
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Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 9:12am
| Wait a minute, they weren't all that heavy were they? I remember coming across a pile of unmachined frames in a scrap yard once, they struck me as being big more than heavy. I do remember wondering what the heck they cast them out of, they looked like some kind of pot metal. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 10:08am
| The originals were some alloy frame now they have a poly frame. They are a blow back design therefore the slide is heavy which makes for a heavy gun. The slide is some type of Zink alloy but the name slips my mind. |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 10:27am
| There were some slides mixed in the pile, they looked to be made of the same stuff. I don't doubt the zink part by the looks of them. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 11:47am
Walker, last year our Company built a new factory for Nighthawk Customs. They sure don’t leave any frames or slides laying around. They guard that stuff good. I sort of got to know one of the machinists and learned a little. |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 4:27pm
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 4:38pm
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Now this is a big GUN.  ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: TimCNY
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 7:01pm
Chas, Chas, Chas... "THIS is my Rifle, THIS is my gun: This is for fightin', this is for fun." 
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019 at 10:13pm
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Just saw Full Metal Jacket again a couple weeks ago. R. Lee Ermey rest in peace. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |