Ya another Hi-Point thread. But with a little more depth

[jackandblood]

As I understand it the 9mm short or 0.380 ACP was cartridge developed specifically with blowback operation in mind. No locking mechanism needed for the less powerful cartridge. Would the Hi-Point in .380 be a product that critics of the company would concede as a reliable and decent purchase? I like the sights and the trigger pull on these and feel they are the best until one passes the $400 price point.

Now, I'd be adverse to the notion of making blowbacks work with more powerful calibers by the notion of "just make the slide heavier". It's a design philosophy akin to engineering a bridge and opting for the simplest truss design just to lessen your own workload and just say "eh, just grossly oversize the members".

In the case of the .380 though, it would be more akin to a small span, middle-of-nowhere bridge where the simple truss would work fine and architectural considerations dont factor in.

Avoiding a discussion of the merits or lack there-of of the .380 ACP. Given the analysis above, would you trust the thing to shoot 100% of the time you intend it to? Ignoring all calibers greater than .380, is the hi-point notion of blowback + heavy slide perfectly sound for that caliber?

[Killawhale415]

Ive put a few hundred rounds through a friends .380 and havent had any problems. The slide is just a big 'ol slab and causes the pistol (any Hi Point really) to be fairly unbalanced IMO.

[swifty]

I like the sights and the trigger pull...


...would you trust the thing to shoot 100% of the time you intend it to?

If you like it, buy it, don't worry about what a forum says.

No, I don't trust any gun to work 100% of the time.

[Killawhale415]

indubitably

[drunktank]

Although no guns will function 100 percent of the time my family's had good luck with these. The first few hundred rounds would have a ftf/fte using cheap ammo but good to go afterwards.

[VegasND]

I've owned both the 9mm and the .380 at the same time so I have shot them back to back. I don't think the recoil is a problem with the 9 and it's even less with the .380. The only thing I really liked about the .380 is that every woman I let try to rack the slide could do so easily --even without the 'cornered cat' technique. Almost all of them could also rack the 9.

My biggest problem with the .380: It just doesn't make sense. Recoil isn't enough less than the 9 to matter, it's the same size and weight as the 9, the pistol costs the same, ammo for the 9 is substantially cheaper and easier to find. If you want the world's largest, heaviest, and clumsiest 9mm this side of a Mac11 go for it...

I've since divested myself of both of them, they just sat in the safe unused (boring).

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