Big, clunky, heavy, reliable*, cheap. Pretty much sums them up. I've shot a couple and sold a bunch as a dealer.

* = With fmj, they tend to jam with hp.

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Originally posted by arfmel:
They're heavy unwieldy pieces of shit that function surprisingly well.

Yep.

I have a carbine as a barn gun. Goes bang every time. No questions asked warranty.

This is the usual wisdom. They are awkward as hell. But they are decently accurate and very reliable. If you need a gun and have only $100, there it is.

One of my customers is just down the road from their plant in Mansfield, OH.

It's a nondescript group of buildings and if you didn't know what they made there you'd have to go in and ask, I didn't see a single sign out front.

Most of my concern with what I've seen out of them is that while they offer a lifetime warranty, the customer pays to ship it to them. A buddy of mine sent his back 3 times for failure to pretty much anything(feed/extract/fire), he spent more on shipping than he spent on the pistol. I believe he gave up and sold that pistol with full disclosure, don't remember which model it was.

Hey Hi point firearms are crap just like the rest of the saturday night specials...I will say this. I have been a cop for 21 years and have seen lots of people killed and shot with a High point, jennings, RG revolver....its a firearm it only has to work once to cause people to get hurt or killed..If they don't hit anything people will still run...

I have one. 9mm C9. Bought it for $129 when I was in college and didn't have any money or access to other guns back home.

Haven't shot it in 10 years but back then it was jamming every 5 rounds or so. It was great for the first ~200 rounds though.

It's heavy. It's ugly. And it's basically impossible to breakdown (mine's never been opened up).

Paperweight.