I'm going to buy a Hi point

**SigSauer226** · January 30th, 2012, 12:28 AM

Maybe. I just want to get one to see what kind of abuse it can take. I know everyone talks a lot of shit about them but I've never looked at them or shot them. So I wanna get one, beat on it and tell everyone how it went. Anyone have any idea what the Hi point 9mm is going for anyways?

**19jake91** · January 30th, 2012, 01:12 AM

I just sold a brand new one on gunbroker and got $105 for it. Most shops have them for about $140 give or take ten bucks.

**Emptymag** · January 30th, 2012, 01:14 AM

$160 from Bud's.

I've been kicking around the idea for a while myself. Just to have handy in the house when I'm too far away from my other weapon.

I've always said that ideally, I'd suggest saving up for something "better", but they are better than nothing and an affordable option when money is an issue.

**KevininPa** · January 30th, 2012, 03:07 AM

I had one of their nine millimeter "compacts". Put around 2000 rounds of dirty Wolf through it. It always went bang and the accuracy wasn't bad. Sold it for what I paid. Wish I kept it as a car gun.

**mollymayhem82** · January 30th, 2012, 07:00 AM

Didn't someone start a thread where they put one in a litterbox, and shot it afterwards?

**mischief2145** · January 30th, 2012, 07:17 AM

hi point are dirt cheap and they go bang everytime...good boat gun

**leplat** · January 30th, 2012, 07:43 AM

Sounds like fun. Give the gun a few hundred round break in first. These do best after that(like most guns).

**Guns N'at** · January 30th, 2012, 08:32 AM

This video if accurate, is an incredible testiment to it's strength:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbvvurXmAmg

Starting around 7 min, they try to destroy a 9mm Hi point with a charge of Bullseye that is about a 100% overcharge, and it survives just fine. This same load is then fired with a 7.62mm Nagant pistol case pounded into the muzzle of the barrel with a brick, and it survives it just fine after firing. Anyone who reloads 9mm, has to cringe at the mere thought of touching off such a +++++++++++++++++P+++++++++++++ round, with the bore obstructed no less, yet it seems the Hi Point has no problem holding up. Absolutely AMAZING if the results are as portrayed.

**Guns N'at** · January 30th, 2012, 08:40 AM

Here it looks like they succeeded in destroying it; having it clamped shut, w/o mentioning the round used, or if fully obstructed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTBG0...eature=related

Edit, later in the video it looks like a hex headed bolt is poking out of the muzzle, and perhaps where it ended, is where we see the barrel rupture.

**DavidTM** · January 30th, 2012, 09:23 AM

Buy it!! They are made in Dayton Ohio by Americans!! And they do go BANG every time. Not the prettiest.....but if you need a gun, and you have a CCW, or have it in your home, you won't be unhappy it's there!!!