Doglips Latest Gunsmithing project..Hi-Pooint Carbine

Doglips · 01-21-2003, 03:21 PM

dont know how many of you have the Hi-point carbine..9mm...its a fun little plinker...I have a tasco 4x on it and use the cheapest ammo I can find...soda cans and paper targets at 50 yards or less prove no match to the carbine.

The only problem I have had with it has be seeing the stock flex when I fire....not much just enough to catch it out of the corner of my eye....feeds and functions fine.

So today I decided to "Fix" the problem....useing Fiberglass Resin Gel....I filled the hollow sections of the stock...comes apart in 2 peices for people not filmiler with it...filled both halfs...bolted it back togher....wiped off excess....from outside and barrel....coated the barrel and action with grease to keep it from getting stuck....

Been a few hours..the get has pretty much hardened....used 26 oz can....seems to have added a few pounds to the carbine...the stock seems very solid now....not sure how glasss filling / simi beding it will effect accuracy....seems like the weight should reduce the vicsious 9mm recoil

Will try to sneek out to the range thuresday...and check it out.

NRAJOE · 01-21-2003, 03:26 PM

I was just looking at an ad for those and have seen them at the gun shows fairly cheap! Been thinking of getting one for a toss around, maybe put it in the gun scabbard thats attached to my seat in the brown bomb!

PAPA G · 01-21-2003, 03:31 PM

that some one makes hi-caps for it!!! by the way lips is the Hi-Point mag unique to the gun. or do others fit too???

NRAJOE · 01-21-2003, 03:35 PM

A REAL GOOD carbine in 9mm is the Ruger P-9...takes the P series handgun mags! More expensive though!

dhermesc · 01-21-2003, 04:43 PM

Theres nothing wrong with the Hi-point carbine. I put a few hundred rounds through mine before I sold it to Stopper. He likes it so much he said he bought a matching handgun. I bought it USED at a pawnshop for $90.00. They have gone up a little but still well worth the money, very comparable to the Ruger at a fraction the cost. I have a feeling there will be a lot of STANDARD capacity mags put out when (IF) AWB sunsets. I don't think anybody else's mag will fit it (Stoppers looking hard for one) and I don't know the legallities of modifying an existing 12 to 15 round mag.

BattleRifleG3 · 01-21-2003, 06:54 PM

I thought it would be nice to make a whole new mag-well for it and use Beretta, Browning, S&W, or Glock mags. Maybe use the grip of an existing pistol that's been damaged

Doglips · 01-21-2003, 07:05 PM

Papa G. They use their own mags...read of people trying to find hi-cap mags with no luck. I use it as a plinker..I paid $200 new but seen them in the SOG flyer for $140 new. They are darn ugly but are great plinkers and in so much as 9mm from a carbine gains some speed probly good home defense guns...never had a jam or other feeding problem...I got e-mail from the company a few weeks ago that they are comeing out with a 40SW cal carbine in April?....the long running roumer was 45acp comeing out last year...course that never happened.

Stopper · 01-21-2003, 08:06 PM

I love the one I bought from dhermesc, You can interchange the mags from carbine to pistol. I bought the 7 round 9mm pistol so my 10 round clips for the carbine stick out a little but no big deal. For the money I love both of my hi-points. They shoot everytime i pull the trigger and come with a life time warranty so what the H. I paid 90 for the carbine and 190 for the pistolla and that .40 sounds like it'll find its way into my gunchest!!

Calvin · 01-22-2003, 08:33 AM

I know of a few police departments that are authorizing the use of the Hi-Point carbines as patrol carbines. I have one, and really like it. Never had any problem with it, and it goes "bang" everytime I pull the trigger.

NRAJOE · 01-22-2003, 08:35 AM

Seen them at the gun shows here before they outlawed the shows and you could get one for $179 with a red dot scope on them...this was like 4 yrs ago.

Stopper · 01-22-2003, 03:21 PM

Now it's about $200 for one with a red dot on it. Man, for the money and a lifetime warranty the Hi pionts rock!!

They are a pain to clean, but again, for the money!! and just like Calvin's, mine goes bang everytime I pull the trigger too!

01-21-2003, 03:21 PM	#1
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,082	Doglips Latest Gunsmithing project..Hi-Pooint Carbine dont know how many of you have the Hi-point carbine..9mm...its a fun little plinker...I have a tasco 4x on it and use the cheapest ammo I can find...soda cans and paper targets at 50 yards or less prove no match to the carbine. The only problem I have had with it has be seeing the stock flex when I fire....not much just enough to catch it out of the corner of my eye....feeds and functions fine. So today I decided to "Fix" the problem....useing Fiberglass Resin Gel....I filled the hollow sections of the stock...comes apart in 2 peices for people not filmiler with it...filled both halfs...bolted it back togher....wiped off excess....from outside and barrel....coated the barrel and action with grease to keep it from getting stuck.... Been a few hours..the get has pretty much hardened....used 26 oz can....seems to have added a few pounds to the carbine...the stock seems very solid now....not sure how glasss filling / simi beding it will effect accuracy....seems like the weight should reduce the vicsious 9mm recoil Will try to sneek out to the range thuresday...and check it out.

01-21-2003, 03:26 PM	#2
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,882 Blog Entries: 1	I was just looking at an ad for those and have seen them at the gun shows fairly cheap! Been thinking of getting one for a toss around, maybe put it in the gun scabbard thats attached to my seat in the brown bomb! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

01-21-2003, 03:31 PM	#3
PAPA G Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Somerset, Guntucky Posts: 9,608	I HOPE IF THE AWB SUNSETS...... that some one makes hi-caps for it!!! by the way lips is the Hi-Point mag unique to the gun. or do others fit too???

01-21-2003, 03:35 PM	#4
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,882 Blog Entries: 1	A REAL GOOD carbine in 9mm is the Ruger P-9...takes the P series handgun mags! More expensive though! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

01-21-2003, 04:43 PM	#5
dhermesc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: East Central Kansas Posts: 2,169	Theres nothing wrong with the Hi-point carbine. I put a few hundred rounds through mine before I sold it to Stopper. He likes it so much he said he bought a matching handgun. I bought it USED at a pawnshop for $90.00. They have gone up a little but still well worth the money, very comparable to the Ruger at a fraction the cost. I have a feeling there will be a lot of STANDARD capacity mags put out when (IF) AWB sunsets. I don't think anybody else's mag will fit it (Stoppers looking hard for one) and I don't know the legallities of modifying an existing 12 to 15 round mag. __________________ Liberty is for those that claim it.

01-21-2003, 06:54 PM	#6
BattleRifleG3 Retired Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,721	I thought it would be nice to make a whole new mag-well for it and use Beretta, Browning, S&W, or Glock mags. Maybe use the grip of an existing pistol that's been damaged __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

01-21-2003, 07:05 PM	#7
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,082	Papa G. They use their own mags...read of people trying to find hi-cap mags with no luck. I use it as a plinker..I paid $200 new but seen them in the SOG flyer for $140 new. They are darn ugly but are great plinkers and in so much as 9mm from a carbine gains some speed probly good home defense guns...never had a jam or other feeding problem...I got e-mail from the company a few weeks ago that they are comeing out with a 40SW cal carbine in April?....the long running roumer was 45acp comeing out last year...course that never happened.

01-21-2003, 08:06 PM	#8
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,209	I love the one I bought from dhermesc, You can interchange the mags from carbine to pistol. I bought the 7 round 9mm pistol so my 10 round clips for the carbine stick out a little but no big deal. For the money I love both of my hi-points. They shoot everytime i pull the trigger and come with a life time warranty so what the H. I paid 90 for the carbine and 190 for the pistolla and that .40 sounds like it'll find its way into my gunchest!! __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"

01-22-2003, 08:33 AM	#9
Calvin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 2,072	I know of a few police departments that are authorizing the use of the Hi-Point carbines as patrol carbines. I have one, and really like it. Never had any problem with it, and it goes "bang" everytime I pull the trigger. __________________ If you don't like cops, call your local crackhead for help next time!

01-22-2003, 08:35 AM	#10
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,882 Blog Entries: 1	Seen them at the gun shows here before they outlawed the shows and you could get one for $179 with a red dot scope on them...this was like 4 yrs ago. __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

01-22-2003, 03:21 PM	#11
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,209	Now it's about $200 for one with a red dot on it. Man, for the money and a lifetime warranty the Hi pionts rock!! They are a pain to clean, but again, for the money!! and just like Calvin's, mine goes bang everytime I pull the trigger too! __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"