Nightcrawler
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I fired my best friend's Hi-Point .45 today. He bought this pistol from his brother for $75.00.
General Impressions (disregarding everything I've read about the Hi-Points)?
The pistol is a strange, seemingly primitive design. The slide is a huge block of steel covered with some form of polymer coating. There is an ejection port on the right side of the slide, and a safety lever on the left (it doubles as a manual slide stop). The slide does not lock back after the last round has been fired, and the gun is single action only with a sprongy trigger.
The magazine release is at the bottom of the grip, behind the magazine well. You have to push a button upwards to release the magazine, making quick reloading difficult.
The sights were of a 3-dot type (orange colored). They were kind of small, but they worked.
Firing Impressons?
I am by no means a master pistolero. So my impression comes from that of a novice.
We fired 3-D brand .45ACP FMJ reloads (the cheap stuff). My friend said his pistol had trouble with that before, but the only trouble had this time was the slide not going into battery two or three times.
Aside from those three instances, the pistol performed well enough. It was Coke(tm) can accurate at twenty five feet.
It noticed that the recoil was quite stout, strange given the weight and bulk of the pistol. Could this be a side effect of a large blockback design (as opposed to breach locked)? It's rare you see a full-size blowback pistol.
In conclustion, the Hi-Point is my friend's only pistol, not because he thinks its the best ever but because he can't afford another one right now (being a college student is tough). He likes it, though, and I'll admit, it makes a fun plinker. For the $130 or so they cost, it's not a bad range plinker. I sure as hell wouldn't bet my life on one, though.
NC out.
General Impressions (disregarding everything I've read about the Hi-Points)?
The pistol is a strange, seemingly primitive design. The slide is a huge block of steel covered with some form of polymer coating. There is an ejection port on the right side of the slide, and a safety lever on the left (it doubles as a manual slide stop). The slide does not lock back after the last round has been fired, and the gun is single action only with a sprongy trigger.
The magazine release is at the bottom of the grip, behind the magazine well. You have to push a button upwards to release the magazine, making quick reloading difficult.
The sights were of a 3-dot type (orange colored). They were kind of small, but they worked.
Firing Impressons?
I am by no means a master pistolero. So my impression comes from that of a novice.
We fired 3-D brand .45ACP FMJ reloads (the cheap stuff). My friend said his pistol had trouble with that before, but the only trouble had this time was the slide not going into battery two or three times.
Aside from those three instances, the pistol performed well enough. It was Coke(tm) can accurate at twenty five feet.
It noticed that the recoil was quite stout, strange given the weight and bulk of the pistol. Could this be a side effect of a large blockback design (as opposed to breach locked)? It's rare you see a full-size blowback pistol.
In conclustion, the Hi-Point is my friend's only pistol, not because he thinks its the best ever but because he can't afford another one right now (being a college student is tough). He likes it, though, and I'll admit, it makes a fun plinker. For the $130 or so they cost, it's not a bad range plinker. I sure as hell wouldn't bet my life on one, though.
NC out.
