hahahahahahahahaha

im finally doing it

im talking about a saturday night special

this is the hi-point c9

actually maybe thats too harsh tho

the idea of a saturday night special is that its a very cheap gun

probably really crude

and they were almost always totally unreliable trash that jammed all the time and came in tiny calibers like .22lr or .25acp

it actually has racist implications against black guys going out with an illegally obtained gun for violence lol

meanwhile the hi-point c9 is actually much better

and the company has values they stick to

they want everybody to be able to get a gun

lets hear their story

so hi-point has been around for like 30 years

first they did the engineering and then eventually expanded into construction of their guns

they were motivated to make the most basic gun they could in the most efficient way but still have it be reliable

so they do some things that are now very common and others that are very uncommon in todays handguns

they use a polymer frame like in most modern handguns

cheap and durable

but unlike almost everything nowadays its actually a blowback action

now if you remember about blowback it means there is no locking surface whatsoever

the slide just kinda mushes against the back of the barrel with spring pressure

and the slide has enough mass to make recoil slow enough to let the pressure in the chamber drop while it starts cycling

very few parts very simple very little machining required and thus reliable and cheap to manufacture

the reason nobody really uses it anymore is because you can only really go up in power to around .380 acp before the recoil gets pretty hardcore

and the c9 is a 9mm pistol

thats more powerful

so how do they do this

well you just need to add more mass to the slide

although that makes it topheavy and clunky

thats a big reason for the ungainly look of this thing

but if you are willing to deal with a somewhat oversized handgun then it works really well

its hard to screw up

and hi-point took the advantages of a blowback gun and maximized them for ultimate efficiency

the slide isnt even made out of steel

its actually cast out of a pot metal called zamak 3

a zinc magnesium copper alloy

this is super cheap and there are a lot of manufacturers for car parts in ohio area around hi-point

so it ends up working out really well for their manufacturing

the important parts like the barrel are still steel though

a potential side effect of cast parts vs forged and milled is its possible for small weak spots to form in a cast piece

and semiautos are pretty complicated machines

but hi-point has the best warranty of anything ever

if it breaks they replace it

first owner fifth owner whatever

even if you broke it by your own handloading mistakes

cant be beat

and people who buy them tend to like them

i like mine lol

its actually more accurate for me than my more expensive guns

benefit of the fixed barrel blowback action

its striker fired so no hammer

the trigger is decent

not exceptional but better than my experience with glocks

the sights are pretty nice

and i dunno what that paint is

looks like bbq paint lol

but its tough

one downside is its hard to concealed carry

and another is the magazine capacity

it only holds 8 rounds single stack

now these things were first designed around the time of the assault weapon ban in the us

so mags bigger than 10rds were banned

tho the bigger reason for only 8 rds is probably because magazines make or break the function of a gun

and single stack is easier to design well both for the mag itself and the gun

so it might be a design efficiency thing too

and speaking of extremes in design efficiency

its kinda hard to field strip this thing lol

you have to knock out a roll pin with a hammer

but after that it disassembles like any blowback

but a rollpin is easier to make and install than a special machined part

and hell blowbacks run well even when dirty

the official manual says dont even take it apart

just wash it out every 300rds or so lol

so its crude but very functional

like the sten gun in that way

and i mentioned earlier hi-point has values

and theyre actually in the top 10 us firearms manufacturers by sales

they very specifically want their guns to be used legally and work with law enforcement showing them special internal markings and things like that

so if your gun gets stolen and used in a crime they can help figure it out sooner

they are also very pro second amendment

hi-point refuses all orders to dicks sporting goods

cool stuff

the company has other guns besides the c9

they have pistols in 380 acp

bigger guns in .40 s&w and 45 acp

and pistol caliber carbines

theyve even given a couple of their weapons a facelift

theres some aftermarket support too

the carbines have aftermarket magazines and parts and even bullpup conversion stocks

my c9 came with a strange peep sight you could install

not sure why youd want that on a pistol but its a neat feature lol

turns out the guy who started the company put one on when he was getting older

he liked it so much he included it for free with all new pistols

overall there are two reasons why i love owning a hi-point

because so many people have such negative feelings

and because it just keeps going bang

it gives me great joy lol

and for 150 dollars how could you pass

yes thats right i said they cost like 150 bucks brand new

so if you need a cheap stocking stuffer this year

think hi-point

theyre tough as hell lol

pew pew

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