High points are cr*p!!!

[eccvets]

Biggest problem I've had with a high point is the ammo sensitivity. I have two of them that work well enough if the OAL is short, but choke on stuff like WWB and remington. Check out my review for a picture of a slide that busted a guy in the face out of the box. As far as comparing to a glock? For the same size the glock can hold about twice the ammo, and not gall itself inside out after a few thousand rounds. Sorry not comparable. Decent plinker. Great for practicing malfunctions (you never know what's next ). But no way is it comparable to a decent gun.

My hipoint doesnt really have any ammo sensitivity, it eats everything pretty much. BTW: the same sized glock cant hold more then 10 in cali... Also, I've had some glocks stovepipe on me more often and give me more problems then my hipoint.

[Peter W Bush]

this video proves that Hi-points are better than glocks, 9 grains of bullseye with a 147 grain projectile AND all the empty space in the cartridge is displaced????? what do you think, 60,000PSI?? 70,000??? and the gun still functioned after that

9 gr bullseye behind 147 gr bullet? I would be scared to shoot that even in my 92!

[inbox485]

My hipoint doesnt really have any ammo sensitivity, it eats everything pretty much. BTW: the same sized glock cant hold more then 10 in cali... Also, I've had some glocks stovepipe on me more often and give me more problems then my hipoint.

I'm sure issues vary from batch to batch, but I have two C-9's with pretty different serials and different mold stamps on the slides so I'd say I have a pretty fair sample of the model. Neither will feed WWB or Remington properly. After I found two types of ammo that fed nicely (magtech and PMC), and had striped and polished the feed ramp, my wife and I did a whole 4 day course with them at Front Sight. Mine had a single double feed, and my wife had a few light primer strikes at the very end. So they can work. Difference between a glock and a C-9 is when a glock malfunctions either it is broken or the owner is, but when a C-9 malfunctions it is normal. As for capacity, you need an extended mag to even get 10 rounds and even then you almost always get a failure to feed if you top off to 10+1. In addition, while you can barely fit 10+1 in a C-9, I can fit 10+1 in my XD45 compact. I've put over a thousand rounds through the XD and haven't cleared a jam I didn't set up with snap caps. I couldn't say that about the C-9 within the first 50 rounds out of the box.

At the risk of tooting my own horn, I haven't seen any review of the C-9 as thorough and unbiased as the one I put up. In fact the reason I wrote it is the only reviews out there were based on an out of the box fondling and a magazine or two at the most of shooting.

[inbox485]

9 gr bullseye behind 147 gr bullet? I would be scared to shoot that even in my 92!

In all fairness to the C-9 it is built like a tank. If you look at the barrel, it looks about 2 times thicker than any other 9mm barrel. I'd say that is a good idea for things like not blowing up if the barrel gets obstructed. If they would just line the firing pin channel with something other than pot metal, shorten the firing pin travel a tiny bit, and fix the feed issues that the better part of an entire forum is dedicated to, it would be a very nice budget gun.

[bsg]

i have visited the "Hi-Points Firearms Forums" forum and the folks there appear to be very fond of their Hi-Points. the forum is an interesting place to visit.

[inbox485]

Funny thing about the Hi-Point forums, is most of the threads are about troubleshooting issues.

[chim-chim7]

Funny thing about the Hi-Point forums, is most of the threads are about troubleshooting issues.

The same can be said about most forums though.

[hcbr]

To one their own, some people have had good experiences with them, and some have not. I am the latter... that gun is shake, rattle and roll when shot, or at least the one i shot with.... I'm sticking to my glock.... btw i saw this pawn shop selling this thing for like 400 bucks, and i was like no way it's not worth that much, especially when it goes on sale at turners....