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What percent of Hi Points are actually reliable?

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#1 ·
Like the title says. I wonder because some swear their Hi Points run 100% and others never get them to work
 
#2 ·
You ask a question that can't be answered. Asking on this forum doesn't even begin to offer a big enough potential audience of owners to give a good cross-section of shooting environments, purpose/usage or maintenance. Also, considering Hi-Point's warranty, how many people with "bad" Hi-Points never pursued repair or replacement of a gun because it was so cheap to begin with?

I've shot exactly two Hi-Points, one being a C9 pistol and the other a 995TS carbine which I own. My carbine has been nothing but reliable. The pistol was a friend's, and I didn't like the trigger, so I only put one mag through it. But reliable? No idea. Not liking it doesn't make it bad.
 
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I know that the High Points are not as good quality as other guns but priced really reasonable. If you do have a problem gun then just send it back. Lifetime warranty so I wont complain. I have one 45 pistol and shoots reliable. Of course it is very heavy but does the job for its worth.
 
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If you have problems with one, they have a full lifetime, no questions asked, first or 50th owner, warranty. You sent it back to them they go through it, replace what it reads and if need be they will send you a new one.

I own one in 40 and my dad has a 45. I bought mine new and have run around 400 rounds though it and no problems other than the mag was catching that aluminum cased Blazer stuff. Opened the lips up a bit and no problems since.
 
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All I can say is all 3 of ours has been 100% reliable.
The .380 we sold and I later took in a C9 in on trade. I shot it quite a bit (400ish rounds) without one single falure of any kind, but i just simply did not like the poistol, so I sold it. Then I bought a old model 995 carbine off of a member here and he shipped it to my local FFL dealer so all paperwork was done and everything was perfectly legal.
I have owned this rifle for over 2 ( Maybe 3 Travis?) years now. It is used as a "Ranch Rifle", as it litarally stays behind the seat of our reg. cab F150 4X4. It gets neglected, maybe just a touch abused, and has only been cleaned once. I shot at a Coyote 3 DAYS AGO with it, and rolled the bastard at 128 yards offhand! 1 shot, 147 gr Hydra Shock bullet, right through his chest. Nearly blew the Coyote into! All that bouncing around, all that dirt & dust from being in a farm truck, and the rifle was dead on!
THATS why I LOVE my Hi Point Carbine!
 
#6 ·
I bought my 995 in 2000, and it has been one hell of a blast to shoot !!
between my son, and I, we've put 2000 rnds thru this thing, and never found a 9 mm shell that wouldn't go bang....it's a 50 yrd. gun, unless you want to set it up for shooting (like a 3 point B/B shot), and lob em in there .
I had a couple hiccups in 2006, and boxed it up and sent it to factory.....they re-barelled it, new trigger pts, and 1 new mag. ! sent it back at no charge, and i'm 2nd owner.no more hiccups, and still going.....grandkids love it !

steven
 
#7 ·
I've been dying to get my hands on one of the carbines. We put hundreds of rounds of mix-and-match through a friend of mine's with no pause and it was flawless and better-than-plinking accurate. Now my Cousin, Adam had a pistol in .45 and it was VERY finnicky with ammo. It liked Federal but everything else we tried hung up every 3rd round. He got it in trade and then traded it back off. He had no idea they had a lifetime warrenty I guess, I know I didn't.
Now I REALLY want a carbine
 
#9 ·
A high percentage of Hi Points are reliable. Perhaps a higher percentage than brands costing many times more cash.

I don't want one though for much the same reasons I don't want a Glock; they just don't suit me ergonomically or aesthetically. Has nothing to do with reliability, functionality, or the price point that either of them are marketed at.
 
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I have owned 3. 45 and 9mm pistol, and 9mm carbine.

All worked perfectly.

My brother had a 9mm carbine too, also worked great.

I have only fired ONE HP that didnt work, a buddy's .40 pistol. It jammed all the time, but it was also sorta abused and was filthy. Im talking horrible.

After I sprayed some (brake cleaner? WD40? Dont recall...something I had in my truck) in and over it, worked the action, wiped out all the gunk I could with my t-shirt...It worked about half the time.

It shot every round, just wasnt feeding. I think if I had stripped it down and gave it a proper cleaning it would have worked fine.
 
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I have the C9 & the 995C (classic stock), and they were both amazing. I say were, because the 995C I don't get to shoot much anymore, since the abrupt rise in ammunition costs, and lack of supplies, and the C9 has started giving me problems, which are entirely related to my altered grip; I'm a southpaw, i.e. left-handed shooter, and the magazine release sticks out just far enough that my middle finger depresses it and engages the magazine-disconnect safety (which is a stupid invention to begin with). I never had a problem before, when I shot it almost exclusively, but I altered my grip once I began shooting my Ruger P95 and Glocks more, as the grip I had developed with my C9 was very uncomfortable for these other pistols. When I went back to play around with my Hi-Point C9, even when practicing with snap caps at home, I always drop the magazine now. I can't figure it out, and have yet to be able to readjust my grip to allow myself to effectively shoot that handgun. Before I got away from it though, it was 100% accurate, reliable, functional, etc. Recoil felt a little harsh compared to other 9x19mm Parabellum pistols, but still a great gun, even with little maintenance. I can stand by their guarantee too. That company should be an example to many other firearms companies out there, especially Taurus. lol
 
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I'd bet the percentage of totally reliable HiPoints is FAR higher than the HP haters would admit to, or even want to hear about.

Yes, they're ugly.
Yes, they don't cost a lot.
Yes, they may be a little crudely made for a lot of people.
Yes, they're affordable by people who want protection but don't have much money.
Yes, they will go bang when you need them to.
Yes, they're made in the USA and have an unlimited lifetime warranty.
And yes, they're not for everybody. Some people just cant "lower themselves" down to the HiPoint level.

My three carbines are dead reliable and dead accurate.
 
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I have 3 HP carbines, and now down to one pistol. All very, very reliable. A brother & two friends also have an assortment of High-Points, also very reliable. That gives me around 11 of their products that I'm familiar with, and all parties concerned are happy with them. Uses from this small sample group involve truck gun, plinking gun, and primary home defense. Sorry, gangdog56, but if you had one that didn't work, you could have had it made right by the factory pretty easily. The carbines cost about the same as a reasonable .22lr semi-auto, and I'll guarantee you the HP would be a heck of a lot more reliable on a per-round basis. I'm not a particular fan of the HP pistols unless a person's budget forced them to get one, but in my experience they work as intended. The carbines are in a class of one. The Kel-Tec Sub-2000 carbines are nice but fragile, generally cost about $100 more, and are less accurate. Other than the Kel-Tec [which I like a lot], there are not any other current carbines I know of that compare in price or functionality to the High-Point.
 
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I have a C9 and the only issue I had was my firing pin bent after about 50 round of some cheap steel case ammo. I called hi point and they sent me a new pin and after hundreds of quality rounds no issues at all. I even went as fas a seeing how dirty this fire arm can get before it starts getting un reliable. So far I've shot about 300 rounds and its still good to go.

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I had the 9mm Carbine for awhile and changed the stock out on it . unfortunately I had a Beard at the time and it got caught in the stock groves so the recoil made my eyes water. traded it for something else but it did work just fine. Did not caire to much for the sights on it.
 
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Check youtube for the hi point torture test...they did all sorts of stuff to that poor pistol and couldn't manage to make it screw up. I've owned two pistols, the .40 I bought brand new and it ran 100% out of the box, however I bought some additional magazines from the company and the ears had to be adjusted to get two of those to feed reliably. I'm a member on a couple of Hi Point forums and over the years I've found that if you have problems with them, 99% of the time it's the magazines. The C9 Comp model that I bought, I got used. I called Hi Point and basically had them send me the firing pin, extractor, the new design trigger, and all the springs for it. Three days later I had them in my mailbox at zero cost to me. My buddy has the 995 carbine and has thousands of rounds through it from commercial ammo to reloads without a problem.
 
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995 Carbine, bought new in 1998, still rockin strong. Mine ate crates of steel case and lead reloads without fail. Give the magazines a rap on the back to seat the bullets properly and never an issue (that or use something other than cheap range fodder).

Sent it back to the factory a few years ago, and they rebuilt the whole thing, even sent me two extra "magazines" (their literature calls them "clips").
 
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Reading this thread made me think......I have a friend who can shoot one hole groups at 100 yards with a snub nosed 38 even with a 15mph cross wind.....in a heavy rain........off hand........with no shoes.......and a poot stuck sideways even!

Naw, if someone is happy with the way their pistol performs that should be good enough. I have never owned a semi auto handgun that was 100% reliable. Shoot enough rounds through a semi auto and sooner or later you will have a round that will jam. Blame the pistol? Most jams are caused by the magazine. Ammo is another big cause. The other reasons I have found for jams are worn springs.
 
#22 ·
high pionts

ive owned 3 high point pistols 2 9mm and 1 380,i myself have put hunderds of rounds threw all of them and never had a issue with one of them. that being said, would i if i had a chioce ,choose high point over a better made pistol to defend myself or my family NO IF I HAD A CHOICE. like them or hate them take em for what thier worth,and make your own decision.
 
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My son has one in 40 S&W. He had issue with feeding early on but figured that the feed lips on his magazines were not quite right. So he tweaked them a little at a time and not they all shoot well for him. I've shot it too and found it comfortable to shoot and accurate.
He plans to take it to the action pistol matches this summer. I told him that's fine .........as long as he is assigned to a different squad than me.
 
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I've been a long time member of a couple of Hi Point forums and it seems that 99% of any problems that you run into end up being the magazines. I've actually seen some people adapt 1911 mags to use in them.
 
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I never knew much about Hi-Points and what I did see was folks flaming on them via internet.

Then one came into my life, itd been abused and had choked on some 'bad ammo??'
The 995 carbine looked almost new, cept for the headless brass case riveted in the chamber and the missing extractor claw.
A ride into Ohio's Bee Miller shaped it right up.
That Hi-Point pretty much did its own positive PR, (So far Ive not been disapointed 11 years after)
Got it back to NW Alaska after about 45 days, like brand new, with 2 new mags, factory sling and scope mount.
I swapped out the factory stock for a ATI replacement stock, the only reason was Hi-Points tiny trigger guard.
ATI's stock at least gives a fella with fat fingers a chance to enjoy the old 995's.
Its accurate and will digest fmj, trunnicated cone hollow points and lead ball training all in the same mag at -17°F and a different time -27°F why? because my kids were just loading the mags that cold day and wernt paying any mind to keeping to the same type in a mag.
It worked fine and the kids could hit what they were shooting at out to 215 paces on the sea ice.
Those peep sights work ok.
As of yet I hadnt mounted a scope on it, But figure it could be even more accurate with a decent scope on it.
My only problem I had was the bolt handle was loose and fell off that one time it was -17°F but was easy to find the parts on the hard packed snow on the sea ice and once back home a spot of Blue Locktite has kept that bolt handle in place ever since.
 
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