I bought this carbine today.

roccoracer

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I have been harsh to the hipoint brand for several years, I thought there pistols looked like my original Nintendo gun did. I have also read many reviews and watched countless videos on these pistols and was very surprised at the positive results. Some of the videos were by people who bought the pistol just to destroy it and confirm they were junk. Even these people admitted that they were very strong and reliable.
So today I took a chance and bought the .45 acp carbine.
Let's see how it goes.
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I've got the 9 version, I like it a lot, fun to shoot, Very few issues, it's actually one of my favorite guns to shoot. You'll enjoy it.

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I have a hunch highpoint knows it's demographic well. I think these carbine end up with very low round count. My friend pissed through 1000 rounds in one weekend through the 9mm. No cleaning, no lube right from the box. Sold it that Monday.... high point is what it is if they have a lifetime warranty and stand behind it.... that's even better.
 
I enjoyed my hi point carbine in 9mm. They are not junk. In general im a big fan of pistol caliber carbines and the hi point is a great option to get into this class. Its a little heavy and LOP a bit long but otherwise great.

OP would suggest degreasing and threadlocking the charging handle....it tends to come flying out and hit shooter if not fully secured.
 
Squib308 said:
I enjoyed my hi point carbine in 9mm. They are not junk. In general im a big fan of pistol caliber carbines and the hi point is a great option to get into this class. Its a little heavy and LOP a bit long but otherwise great.

OP would suggest degreasing and threadlocking the charging handle....it tends to come flying out and hit shooter if not fully secured.
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Thank you I will.
When I first got home from the gun store I brought the carbine down to my gun room to clean the bore. (I always run a patch thru to get the oil out) The patch did not pass thru smoothly. I checked the bore and found a huge amount of what I thought was fouling. After running a new bore brush thru it about 50 times It appears to be a very poorly rifled barrel. There are nubs and ridges etc in the rifling from one end to the other. The middle of the bore is terrible. I tried to get a picture of it. It is worse than it looks in the picture. I will call them tomorrow and tell them. I wanted to shoot it after work but Maybe I should hold off.
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vickers said:
I guess he's saying it looks like the Planet of the Apes carbines from the original movie. though, those had all wood stocks.
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Actually you are wrong... the Apes used modified M1 Carbines!

Apes Rifle (modified M1 Carbine)The main rifle used by the Apes in the film is a visually modified M1 Carbine. The M1 was housed in a wood case that disguised the barrel as well as the magazine. Astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) is also seen using the rifle after entering the Forbidden Zone. For the background extras, wooden replicas were used.

Prop version of the Apes rifle (from YourProps.com)



The Modern Manufactured version of the M1 Carbine, with standard stock, from Auto-Ordnance (affiliated with Kahr Arms and Thomson Arms). Chambered in .30 Carbine
 
I bought a Hipoint 995TS Carbine from the West Spingfield Gun Show last June, and I took it to the range today and shot about 150 rounds through it (ZQI, Herter's, Freedom Munitions, and Blazer Brass) flawlessly. The gun is a bit hefty compared to other 9mm rifles but damn is it built well, and by that I mean overbuilt. It's a very solid feeling and shooting gun, I've had perfect reliability through it to boot. On my particular gun I found that the sights were set very high and to the right, the sights are very easily changed with a flat-head screwdriver. At 25 yards I was getting ~2 inch groups standing off hand.

It's a fun carbine and I HIGHLY recommend picking one up if you want a fun and cheap shooter, especially if you're young enough to only have an FID such as myself. I could see it being practically used as a home defense weapon with hollow point ammunition.
 
roccoracer said:
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I am having a hell of a time getting a decent picture.
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I,would say that's par for the course for hi point and the price point. Did you expect much better.
The entire concept of the inexpensive hi point carbine is well inexpensive. They all seem to feed,chamber,shoot,extract and eject all the types of ammo out there. Do it round after round and deliver minute of man accuracy out to xxx yards. I don't see to many postings about how "accurate" my hi,point is? They are milk jug and pumpkin blasting fun I'm sure.
 
I've noticed that anytime there is a group buy of hi points, a few months down the road there seem to be a flood of 'em for sale here.
 
greencobra said:
I've noticed that anytime there is a group buy of hi points, a few months down the road there seem to be a flood of 'em for sale here.
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true. people sell them off because they move up to something fancier (such as my case), not because the Hi Points jam, fall apart or are built poorly. the LOP was too long for my wife to shoot properly which was a major decision in selling it. if the gun were a bit lighter, adjustable LOP and had better optics mounting arrangement it would have stayed with me.
 
Squib308 said:
true. people sell them off because they move up to something fancier (such as my case), not because the Hi Points jam, fall apart or are built poorly. the LOP was too long for my wife to shoot properly which was a major decision in selling it. if the gun were a bit lighter, adjustable LOP and had better optics mounting arrangement it would have stayed with me.
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I am oposite. I already have a lot of higher end firearms. I bought this Hi-point just because I wanted it and what could it hurt.
But the bore on this one is not serviceable and I will be returning it.
 
Squib308 said:
true. people sell them off because they move up to something fancier (such as my case), not because the Hi Points jam, fall apart or are built poorly. the LOP was too long for my wife to shoot properly which was a major decision in selling it. if the gun were a bit lighter, adjustable LOP and had better optics mounting arrangement it would have stayed with me.
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You should have gotten the ATI stock. It looks like the Beretta and has LOP shims. I know some would balk about spending money on a cheap gun but value wise you are way ahead. Kind of like putting an SKS in a Shernik Bullpup stock. Many say they would never put a $100 rifle in a $250 stock but you can't find a comparable package for under $2000.
 
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roccoracer said:
I am oposite. I already have a lot of higher end firearms. I bought this Hi-point just because I wanted it and what could it hurt.
But the bore on this one is not serviceable and I will be returning it.
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assuming there's no barrel obstruction, why not just shoot it and see what kind of accuracy you get? i understand the bore doesn't look perfect but my sense is that how it looks and how it performs may not be the same. that being said i have no experience w the 45acp hi point carbine, just the 9mm. my bore also never looked perfect but it shot fine.

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Hvymax said:
You should have gotten the ATI stock. It looks like the Beretta and has LOP shims. I know some would balk about spending money on a cheap gun but value wise you are way ahead. Kind of like putting an SKS in a Shernik Bullpup stock. Many say they would never put a $100 rifle in a $250 stock but you can't find a comparable package for under $2000.
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^this
i don't "upgrade" budget rifles unless it's absolutely critical to function. in the past i've chased my own tail dropping a few hundred $$ on a rifle that cost half the cost of upgrades....then i'm left feeling like one of those idiots that drops $15k in modifying their honda civic.
 
I got a 4095 because I liked that the magazine base wasn't flush with the mag well like the 9 and 45.

I've had fun shooting it and it was more accurate than I expected at Martin burns range (forget the distance).

I even ran a steel challenge with it. Beyond my slowness with mag changes it did well.

Still have it. Hrm, wonder how it would do with SD ammo......

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I have the 9mm version. Love it. Fun little plinker. Only negative is that I broke it down to see what it looked like and I shredded my knuckles taking it apart. Not the easiest to field strip.
 
A1850 said:
You spent more money on the accessories than the rifle. :)
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Nah not too bad - but as a percentage of rifle maybe :) - just can't help myself with the bling.

Shroud was $15 on ebay, charging handle knob maybe $8, paracord I had lying around, red dot is cheapy UTG around $30
 
I had a 9mm carbine for a while. I loved the sights, and I could hit about 6 out of 10 soda cans at 50 yards with it.

I kept it until I got a bunch of AKs and ARs, and then I wasn't really using it much and I sold it.

If I had a few extra bucks and room in my safe, I'd pick up another one.
 

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