First, I have to say I love my Hi Point 9mm carbine, and have fired thousands of rounds of various factory makes without incident. It is accurate, and reliable, and was inexpensive to purchase. That said, I had a concerning incident happen to me today.
On the fourth round of a fresh 10-round mag, the sound of the report was distinctively louder and different. I immediately stopped shooting, and turned the gun to the left so that I could see into the action/chamber. Just as I observed a stove-piped round and a misfed round caught underneath it, a friend standing 12 feet to my right and a couple of steps behind spoke. "Damn, what was that? That stung like a bitch."
I turned and saw blood running across his shin. Something bad had clearly happened. I grabbed the first aid kit I keep in my truck, and we cleaned up the wound. The hole in his calf was tiny actually, but must have caught a vein, because it bled quite a bit at first. For a horrifying second I thought he'd been shot. I was very relieved to see it stop bleeding, and actually require only a regular band-aid to patch up.
Still, he had obviously been hit by something from my gun, with velocity. I then pulled back the bolt and banged out the offending stove-piped round, as well as the one that had been kept from feeding behind it. I was shocked to see what these pictures show. A round had been fired although it had not been fully chambered. After testing, there is indeed a point where the firing pin will release before the bolt has actually closed How much of the cartridge was out of the chamber can easily be seen in these photos. My friend had obviously been hit by a piece of brass that exploded out of the ejection port.
I have heard of this happening to other blow-back action guns, but has anyone else had this happen to their hipoint? Am I right about what happened? Always take the far right lane I guess... Oh, and always wear eye protection too eh?
On the fourth round of a fresh 10-round mag, the sound of the report was distinctively louder and different. I immediately stopped shooting, and turned the gun to the left so that I could see into the action/chamber. Just as I observed a stove-piped round and a misfed round caught underneath it, a friend standing 12 feet to my right and a couple of steps behind spoke. "Damn, what was that? That stung like a bitch."
I turned and saw blood running across his shin. Something bad had clearly happened. I grabbed the first aid kit I keep in my truck, and we cleaned up the wound. The hole in his calf was tiny actually, but must have caught a vein, because it bled quite a bit at first. For a horrifying second I thought he'd been shot. I was very relieved to see it stop bleeding, and actually require only a regular band-aid to patch up.
Still, he had obviously been hit by something from my gun, with velocity. I then pulled back the bolt and banged out the offending stove-piped round, as well as the one that had been kept from feeding behind it. I was shocked to see what these pictures show. A round had been fired although it had not been fully chambered. After testing, there is indeed a point where the firing pin will release before the bolt has actually closed How much of the cartridge was out of the chamber can easily be seen in these photos. My friend had obviously been hit by a piece of brass that exploded out of the ejection port.
I have heard of this happening to other blow-back action guns, but has anyone else had this happen to their hipoint? Am I right about what happened? Always take the far right lane I guess... Oh, and always wear eye protection too eh?
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