High-point pistols. Are they good?

I have a Hi Point 45acp I bought new. I have never had any trouble with it.

If the one you are looking at show any signs of wear I would be worried. I would not shoot these guns thousands of times like you can with other quality guns.

If you are wanting a inexpensive gun this is a way to go. I would not give more than $100 if it looks good. If it shows signs of wear maybe $50-$75 if I would even buy it at all.

Before you buy it see if you can get atleast a 3 day warranty so you can try it out at the range to see if it has any problems.

You can find these new for $160-$180.

As you can see... many people have different opinions on Hi-Points. Obviously they're cheap...

I own one Hi-Point .45, but I also own a few high end pistols as well... all I can say is, while I do like my Colt, and S&W better, I have no real issues with how the Hi-Point performs. I have had it a few years, and run many rounds through it with no issues.

They are American Made, and have a lifetime warranty... So as it goes... while a Cadillac is a better car then an Escort, the much cheaper Escort will also get you from point A to point B just the same.

- Good Luck!

High Point, Jennings, Bryco, Lorcin and a few others are acceptable. The accuracy and reliability is poor. These tend to need cleaning regularly to function. They do work and I know people who have, use and carry these brands. Expect for Lorcin, that was mine and I did sell it when I bought something else. As long as they are clean and use good ammunition, they will work and get the job done. They tend to be a little light on the trigger pull (they may be better now) for my taste. You can find plenty of other brands that are not as pricey and just as good as Glock and HK. If you are looking to do a lot of shooting, avoid the High Point.

I own a C9 9mm Hi-Point. My gun dealer said it was a good inexpensive starter pistol and he was right. His daughter carries a Hi-Point 380 and has shot thousands of rounds through it. It has a lifetime warranty and I used mine when I first got it. I had some jamming problems and my dealer sent it in to the factory. It came back completely rebuilt and the owner sent me a personal letter of apology since mine had not operated well. He also sent two extra clips. I really like mine. For $150 you can't go wrong. Lots of fun too.

There is a huge $$$ different from a High-point than Glocks and way more with an H&K.

I would not do the High-Point but if you do, you get what you pay for. Instead - look for a used Sig 220, XD45 or S&W M&P.

Not sure of your price point but if it's sub 300 then I would save up for something better. If you have other rifles and pistols, you should know manufacturers' reputations already.

Are they the best? no. Are they the worst? no they do have a life time warranty, I loaned one out 4 years ago the guy took it apart lost a spring. I took it to the gun shop to see if they could order the spring and the said to send it back. It cost me $6 to ship it to them and they sent it back 3 weeks later with an extra magazine to cover my shipping cost. That is the only problem I have had with it in 11 years and it has had 1000's of rounds fired through it.

Hi-Point pistols are dissapointing to say the least. Your money would be better spent on a different gun. Shop around and check out the gun shows. You can do better than a Hi-Point without spending Glock/Hk money.

If that is all you can afford right now, and you need a gun for protection, well then I guess it is okay, athough then i would say buy a used shotgun.

if you can hold off a little while and save more, do that. If you can get to about $300-350 you have a lot of good options in new and slightly used. Something like the Ruger p95, or P97

the highpoint just has too many instances of failing right out of the box, and too many instances of failing after about 1000 or 2000 rounds. Now, granted, maybe 1 in 100 fail right out of the box, so 99 people will claim theirs is great, or maybe 10 out of 100 fail at the 1000 round point, so 90 people will claim theirs is great. If you wnat to play those odds go for it.

But talk to gun dealers, many gun shops around me have stopped carrying them. See, the shops stand behind a new gun, for 30 days at least. It is one of the trade-offs for being unable to testfire a gun before you buy. Also Minnesota has some laws about brand new items having intrinsic warrantees of being free of factory defects for a certain length of time. These guys dropped hipoints because of how frequently after the gun was sold someone came back in having problems, even 1 out of 99, compared to 1 out of 999999 for other gunmakers. (every company can produce a lemon) Shopowners talk about 3-5 hipoints coming back in per month with issues.

Hi point does have a lifetime warranty, but expect a 2 month wait to get your gun back (this isn't all that unusual) and shipping guns has gotten VERY expensive, I priced out sending back a hipoint for another thread, it would cost me $42.95 to send it back. the fact that a slightly used hipoint is woth $80 makes me balk at that price.

If you insist on the hi point, point out the lifetime warranty and get the seller to agree to send it back for any lifetime warranty repairs for you for up to a year. FFLs can ship handguns through US postal for about $10, if he won't agree to that, maybe you should ask yourself why? (answer: his experience tells him he will have to ship it back twice for you)

.45s tend to be more expensive than 9mms

I own two High Points in .45. They work as well as my Para Ordnance .45, and eat anything the Para will. Trigger pull is also the same at 4 lbs. They also work as well as my Ruger p-95. They are good quality cheap pistols. My wife and Daughter's cannot make them misfire with limp wristing.

Looks to me like your dealer is not showing any middle ground. What about a budget no-frills 1911 or a Ruger P90? Thsoe are two great guns that will not bust your wallet and do not need any dumb "lifetime warranty". A good gun never needs a lifetime warranty. This is an excuse to make guns that are of questionable quality. Forget the Hi-Point. It really depresses me to see posts that laud the supposed merits of these guns. Idiots bring up good ratings by gun magazines that clearly get paid by the manufacturer for advertising.