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High Point C-9

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#1 ·
I want to buy a High Point C-9 and take it to the Range and shoot it just to annoy some hatters. They seem pretty good for the money.
 
#2 ·
The HiPoint pistols are either revered or reviled. THey are not handsome firearms, but they are very reliable. I have a HiPoint JCP 40s&w. Straight out of the box brand new it was zeroed in at 25 yards. The guns are heavy buy comparison to other brands. I enjoy shooting mine. and they are inexpensive and come with a lifetime warranty. If you are into saving your brass for later reloading be warned in advance they tend to fling the brass quite far.
 
#18 ·
I think there cool looking in there own distinct way.

I have a C9 my son got for me. It was used, but it shoot s great. Accurate and reliable with any ammo. I shoot cheap ammo. I also use it for home defense and carry it in my truck. It is heavy but I like the weight to off set the recoil.
Sounds like it is a good Pistol. Cool!!!!

I've got one. Other than being heavy, ugly and a pain to strip down, it works flawlessly. Not saying that I would deliberately go out and buy another but I wouldn't turn down one for free.
Sounds like a good Gun for the Money.
 
#11 ·
I had a couple people make fun of my HiPoint when I first bought it and took it out of the box at the range. Until he first shot took out the X at 25 yards. I have had it for 6 years now and never had to adjust the sights. But as mentioned they are a PITA to take down for a good cleaning.
 
#34 ·
I don't have a HP pistol, but I do have a Haskel, it's a very early HP evoloutionary ancestor ;)

I remember when florida got CCW . I took my range test with that haskel. The guy next to me had some very, very tricked out super high dollar 1911.

Bottom line.. the gun shot where aimed. When I left the class with my certificate, the other guy was still trying to get all shots on paper at close range. ( I'm sure his gun was fine.. he just couldn't shoot.. ;) )
 
#13 ·
I own the 40 S&W and I like it. Until I can afford a new gun, it's my EDC. And yes, it's concealed. Hard to believe, but it's not hard once you learn how.
 
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#22 ·
I would like to get one of the HiPoint Carbines in 45acp. I have heard a lot of people say they are fun to shoot. The Hipoint Pistols are all sub $200 guns before tax and FFL fees I bought my JCP in Oregon, no sales tax, and I got a Military Discount From Cabela's plus because they Screwed up and call me in time when my proceed finally came through (Transfer has to take place within 30 Days of filing the 4473) they called me on day 31 to come pick up the gun had to refile the 4473 so Cabela's paid the FFL Fee.
 
#33 ·
I have the 45acp HP carbine. shoots great, has never had failure 1, yet. It's factory iron sights are dead on. Eats any ammo. Doesn't damage brass, but as someone mentioned.. it really flings them.

I see that HP now has a factory extended mag for the carbines.. but it's an ugly ( go figure ) boomerang looking arangement that is awkward and long and still single stack. IMHO.. I'd just use 2 regular shorties and flip them.
 
#25 ·
I don't care how reliable a brand of pistol is....I don't ever intend to own anything that has a polymer frame (*i.e. Glock or...) because I'm old school. If I do buy a plastic gun, it will be because I need more concealment. Plastic frames NEVER increase in value over the years.
 

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#35 ·
I have the 9mm Carbine, and had a few people at the range chuckle at how ugly the old girl was. Then they shot it, and like ohomo, I became a gun salesman without even trying. I shoot better with her open sights than I do with my SKS and her expensive scope. It's Bush's fault.
 
#36 ·
If I ever get one it will be in either .40S&W or 45acp as those are the pistols I own and reload for. I could go to the range with 200 rounds each day for 20 days straight. The Carbine would be a ton of fun.
 
#37 ·
I just shot one Monday. It belongs to the son of one of the Old Guys and he had been down to my range last week and was not happy with his shooting of the High Point. It is the only pistol he owns and he bought it because he could not afford anything more costly. He couldn't hit very well and was having some feed problems. His dad brought it along Monday so we could shoot it and see what was wrong. Well there is nothing wrong with it. The son just needs more shooting time and he needs to not limp wrist it. I was able to hit what ever I aimed at. I took careful aim and hit the 80 yard steel tombstone target dead center. How can you find fault with a pistol that will do that? Yea it is a little on the heavy side and having to drive that pin out to disassemble is sort of a pain but the High Point is definitely not in the Saturday Night Special class of fire arms. I think that the son is sort of embarrassed that he can only afford the High Point because of all the negative comments about the pistol and I think that is a shame. I hope showing him that the pistol is as accurate as you could want in a defensive arm he will feel better about it. He just needs to shoot it more and I told him I would keep him in reloads if he wanted.
 
#40 ·
Similar story to others: it's not the prettiest sidearm out there, but wow! does it shoot!

My C-9 story is this (and I have witnesses): We were out plinking with different types of firearms and calibres, and I pulled out my C-9, proceeding to blast away. I was using Tulamo (insert Tulamo joke here ... ) 115-gr FMJ. Things were going great, then that unexpected "pop" instead of "BANG!" happened. Everyone stopped.

Dropped the mag, and looked inside; the round that was in the chamber had stovepiped, but that did not explain the 'pop'.

Took it to the gunsmith, since I had no clue what was going on. It was obvious there was something in the bore, but we could not make it out. When the smith got inside, he extracted TWO bullets from the bore (his thought is that the ammo itself was manufactured with a full charge, which ended up being compressed by the double bullets seated).

Here's the bottom line: NO DAMAGE!!!! He charged me $10 for the extraction and top-to-bottom inspection, and function check w/ +P ammo (which the instructions say it is designed for). It is his professional opinion that many other 9's would have disintegrated, probably injuring the person holding it.

It still shoots great, eating anything I feed it. If I use Tulamo, it is single-shot, and I try to check for evidence of double-bullets in the casing.
 
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