How I customized my Hi-Point .45

Habakkuk21 · 07-07-2005, 12:07 AM

Okay, I've been gone a MONTH!!!! and it's all because I was waiting for the digital camera to get delivered. Well, that's how it started, anyway.
I stripped off the pebble coating on my beloved Hi-Point with Ed's Original Red, and followed that up with using my Dremel to remove all of the baked on black finish. That left me with a shiny slide, which I think looks pretty cool. Since I only spent about $170 for it, NIB, I felt okay about playing around like this. I would NEVER do something like this to my RIA 1911, or, for that matter, to any of my other metal & wood pets.
So, keeping in mind that I still ain't all that hot about how to use the digital camera, here are three views:

Habakkuk21 · 07-07-2005, 12:08 AM

I think I made the pictures too big to make viewing them easy. Sorry.

Big Dog · 07-07-2005, 09:02 AM

That's one reason the Hi-points are so cheap - little attention to finish. If they did what you are doing, it would be a $300 gun.

Will you use a firearm finish - Guncote or Alumahyde II?

Habakkuk21 · 07-07-2005, 09:37 AM

I hadn't planned on doing anything else to it except buffing smears off from time to time, and loading it 9+1, and going BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG, then replacing mags and going BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG. Reload, and repeat as needed until sufficient holes appear in target.

BigJake · 07-09-2005, 04:00 PM

Thats not a bad Idea, I would like to find something in that price range and test my tools out. I gotta start somewhere. maybe I can find a good used revolver for a good resurecting

07-09-2005, 04:18 PM

:target: that's what I did when I found my Colt Agent

07-07-2005, 12:07 AM	#1
Habakkuk21 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 174	How I customized my Hi-Point .45 Okay, I've been gone a MONTH!!!! and it's all because I was waiting for the digital camera to get delivered. Well, that's how it started, anyway. I stripped off the pebble coating on my beloved Hi-Point with Ed's Original Red, and followed that up with using my Dremel to remove all of the baked on black finish. That left me with a shiny slide, which I think looks pretty cool. Since I only spent about $170 for it, NIB, I felt okay about playing around like this. I would NEVER do something like this to my RIA 1911, or, for that matter, to any of my other metal & wood pets. So, keeping in mind that I still ain't all that hot about how to use the digital camera, here are three views: __________________ Greetings from Woodstock, GA, cultural center of the universe.

07-07-2005, 12:08 AM	#2
Habakkuk21 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 174	I think I made the pictures too big to make viewing them easy. Sorry. __________________ Greetings from Woodstock, GA, cultural center of the universe.

07-07-2005, 09:02 AM	#3
Big Dog Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 12,906	That's one reason the Hi-points are so cheap - little attention to finish. If they did what you are doing, it would be a $300 gun. Will you use a firearm finish - Guncote or Alumahyde II? __________________ "A bold spirit embiggens the smallest man!" Jebediah Springfield

07-07-2005, 09:37 AM	#4
Habakkuk21 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 174	I hadn't planned on doing anything else to it except buffing smears off from time to time, and loading it 9+1, and going BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG, then replacing mags and going BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG. Reload, and repeat as needed until sufficient holes appear in target. __________________ Greetings from Woodstock, GA, cultural center of the universe.

07-09-2005, 04:00 PM	#5
BigJake Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Posts: 184	Thats not a bad Idea, I would like to find something in that price range and test my tools out. I gotta start somewhere. maybe I can find a good used revolver for a good resurecting __________________ Yo Ho Ho an-a bottle a Brass Monkey...

07-09-2005, 04:18 PM	#6
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	:target: that's what I did when I found my Colt Agent