I think you guys have brainwashed me!!!

gunney_m · 11-20-2007, 08:14 PM

Listening to you guys talk about how much you love your SKS and NRA JOE's HI-Point ive been thinking highly of getting a rifle instead of a new handgun so what would you guys say would be a better choice? Hi-Point 9mmCarbine or a SKS?

Midas · 11-20-2007, 08:16 PM

Here's an idea............get em both

A-10 · 11-20-2007, 08:21 PM

Well, I have both of them and the sks is my favorite of the two. It's just more solidly built than the highpoint. It's also easier to take down for cleaning. You need a wrench for the carbine. Though the carbine is still fun and cheap to shoot.

gunney_m · 11-20-2007, 08:23 PM

Both of them are around $199 that ive found but, ive been seing the SKS jam. Is it the ammo or high capacity magazine or?

Rem 742 30-06 · 11-20-2007, 08:25 PM

I would make sure you shop around I have seen some nice SKS's for about 149 and I hear it is the hi cap mag but that is all hearsay

gunney_m · 11-20-2007, 08:26 PM

I know, AIM and Classic Arms has them for $149.

lefty o · 11-20-2007, 09:31 PM

i personally am not a fan of either, but if forced to choose between the 2 it would be the sks. the hi point is pretty cheesy, and at least the sks uses a moderately powerful cartridge.

gunney_m · 11-20-2007, 09:33 PM

Ok thanks, would you consider a mosin over a SKS?

Tex in Maine · 11-20-2007, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by gunney_m

Ok thanks, would you consider a mosin over a SKS?

tough call on that one, I have both and it would be hard to choose, like the Mosin because it is a big loud nasty little flamethrower, told my friends I went shooting with that is how russia beat germany, they would knock down 2 or 3 just from the concussion of 1 round and then run up and stick em witht the bayo, the sks is just fun to shoot, I have a 20 rd internal mag for mine so I get 20 rounds of semi auto fun, and to avoid the whole slam fire issue I out in the Ben Murphey fireing pin, as far as jams I have never had one or a stovepipe or any malfuntion at all, only a couple of misfires but it was a ammo issue, I compared the primer dimple to a spent round and they were the same. So in cunclusion, get em both, they are cheap but lots of fun. cant commint on the Hi-Point but it seems to get a lot of negative press, but then again so does Taurus and I have 3 of them, but that is a story for another day and thread.

gunney_m · 11-20-2007, 10:05 PM

Thanks i will.

lefty o · 11-20-2007, 10:08 PM

for a fun plinker, the sks may be better than a mosin, but for a hunting rifle i would choose a 91/30 ( though even these arent the greatest hunting rifle).

NRAJOE · 11-20-2007, 10:09 PM

Any hi-cap mags for a regular fixed mag SKS are junk.

If you can find an SKS that came from the factory taking AK47 detachable clips...beleive they are SKS M and SKS D.

Unfortunately there are no factory Hicap mags for the HiPoint and the aftermarket mags are junk!

gunney_m · 11-20-2007, 10:11 PM

So Joe, Hi-Point or Mosin? Semi fire or fire power?

NRAJOE · 11-20-2007, 10:15 PM

Depends bro...if you don't have a Mosin yet ya gotta get one...I got 4, all of them number stamped matching... M38 in true M38 stock...91/30...M44 laminate stock and a 1948 M44 with hardwood stock non counterbored.

But if ya wanna pul the trigger for quick bang bang bang...Hipoint.

gunney_m · 11-20-2007, 10:18 PM

Ok Joe, out of the Hi-Point and SKS?

NRAJOE · 11-20-2007, 10:30 PM

Two different dogs bro...SKS you need stripper clips or load one by one unless you find an SKS made for detachable clips...if you can find one of those SKS...

If not then the HiPoint THEN an SKS....

gunney_m · 11-20-2007, 10:31 PM

Ok, I like the semiautos, how's your shoot or have you shot it?

NRAJOE · 11-20-2007, 10:35 PM

Nope just got it...was gonna go shoot it today but wound up selling some ammo/buying some ammo and going to Cabela's....

On the HiPoint forum no ones ever had a hiccup.

I've had a Yugo SKS and a Chi-Com SKS...both shot fine but a pain to reload...a semi auto should reload faster!

gunney_m · 11-20-2007, 10:36 PM

Thanks, what do you know about the ammo?

NRAJOE · 11-20-2007, 10:39 PM

Look at the fun stuff you can get for the HiPoint:

http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/pis...roze-over.html (Hmmm, it MUST have froze over...)

The HiPoints have been reputed to handle all 9mm with no problem...even WOLF steel case (which I have a crapload of)

11-20-2007, 08:14 PM	#1
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	I think you guys have brainwashed me!!! Listening to you guys talk about how much you love your SKS and NRA JOE's HI-Point ive been thinking highly of getting a rifle instead of a new handgun so what would you guys say would be a better choice? Hi-Point 9mmCarbine or a SKS?

11-20-2007, 08:16 PM	#2
Midas Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 3,899 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	Here's an idea............get em both __________________ "Recoil lasts for a second, gravity lasts forever"

11-20-2007, 08:21 PM	#3
A-10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 762	Well, I have both of them and the sks is my favorite of the two. It's just more solidly built than the highpoint. It's also easier to take down for cleaning. You need a wrench for the carbine. Though the carbine is still fun and cheap to shoot. __________________ If there's nothing worth dying for, there's nothing worth living for.

11-20-2007, 10:09 PM	#12
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Any hi-cap mags for a regular fixed mag SKS are junk. If you can find an SKS that came from the factory taking AK47 detachable clips...beleive they are SKS M and SKS D. Unfortunately there are no factory Hicap mags for the HiPoint and the aftermarket mags are junk! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

11-20-2007, 10:15 PM	#14
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Depends bro...if you don't have a Mosin yet ya gotta get one...I got 4, all of them number stamped matching... M38 in true M38 stock...91/30...M44 laminate stock and a 1948 M44 with hardwood stock non counterbored. But if ya wanna pul the trigger for quick bang bang bang...Hipoint. __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

11-20-2007, 08:23 PM	#4
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	Both of them are around $199 that ive found but, ive been seing the SKS jam. Is it the ammo or high capacity magazine or?

11-20-2007, 08:25 PM	#5
Rem 742 30-06 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Wisconsin Posts: 390	I would make sure you shop around I have seen some nice SKS's for about 149 and I hear it is the hi cap mag but that is all hearsay

11-20-2007, 08:26 PM	#6
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	I know, AIM and Classic Arms has them for $149.

11-20-2007, 09:31 PM	#7
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 5,103	i personally am not a fan of either, but if forced to choose between the 2 it would be the sks. the hi point is pretty cheesy, and at least the sks uses a moderately powerful cartridge.

11-20-2007, 09:33 PM	#8
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	Ok thanks, would you consider a mosin over a SKS?

11-20-2007, 10:05 PM	#10
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	Thanks i will.

11-20-2007, 10:08 PM	#11
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 5,103	for a fun plinker, the sks may be better than a mosin, but for a hunting rifle i would choose a 91/30 ( though even these arent the greatest hunting rifle).

11-20-2007, 10:11 PM	#13
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	So Joe, Hi-Point or Mosin? Semi fire or fire power?

11-20-2007, 10:18 PM	#15
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	Ok Joe, out of the Hi-Point and SKS?

11-20-2007, 10:30 PM	#16
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Two different dogs bro...SKS you need stripper clips or load one by one unless you find an SKS made for detachable clips...if you can find one of those SKS... If not then the HiPoint THEN an SKS.... __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

11-20-2007, 10:31 PM	#17
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	Ok, I like the semiautos, how's your shoot or have you shot it?

11-20-2007, 10:35 PM	#18
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Nope just got it...was gonna go shoot it today but wound up selling some ammo/buying some ammo and going to Cabela's.... On the HiPoint forum no ones ever had a hiccup. I've had a Yugo SKS and a Chi-Com SKS...both shot fine but a pain to reload...a semi auto should reload faster! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

11-20-2007, 10:36 PM	#19
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	Thanks, what do you know about the ammo?

11-20-2007, 10:39 PM	#20
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Look at the fun stuff you can get for the HiPoint: http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/pis...roze-over.html (Hmmm, it MUST have froze over...) The HiPoints have been reputed to handle all 9mm with no problem...even WOLF steel case (which I have a crapload of) __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany