The.Other.Jared
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Everybody likes a gun story right? For the TLDR folks, I bought a $50 pistol 8 yrs ago. For everyone else:
Back in 2011 I was working as a home delivery driver for a big box store. My coworker and I got to go all across East Texas delivering TVs, washers, dryers, refrigerators, etc. It was a fun job, but the most fun was the trip back. We made it a habit to stop at every pawn shop and gun store we could find. This normally led to one of us buying a gun every month.
One particular trip took us to Rusk. After our delivery we made a stop at a pawn shop to take a look. I came across an ugly 9mm pistol with a $75 price tag. The Hi-point C9. While chatting with the owner of the shop, I was informed the pistol was junk. It wouldn't make it through a full magazine. It had between a hundred and a million rounds through it. It had never been cleaned.
My coworker told me he owned a Hi-Point and he knew exactly how to fix it. With all my trust put in my coworker I offered the shop owner $50, which he immediately accepted. His "no haggling" approach made me wonder if I had bought a paperweight.
We decided to take it straight to the range after work to try it out. It performed exactly as described. Jam-o-matic. So then we drove the roll pin out and assessed the situation. This was the dirtiest pistol I had ever seen. Junk was caked on every part of the pistol between the slide and frame.
We cleaned the gun up, tweaked the magazine feed lips, and drive the roll pin back in. 8 years have gone by and it still hasn't malfunctioned.
When I bought the pistol it had a smashed up rear "ghost ring" sight on it. I called to see what Hi-Point would do for me and they gave me the option of getting a new "ghost ring" or new standard rear sight. I opted for the standard sight. 3 days later I received 2 new rear sights and all the tools required to replace them, free.
This has been my go-to pistol for testing my reloads and any "questionable" 9mm rounds. It's an ugly brick but it's tough.
Back in 2011 I was working as a home delivery driver for a big box store. My coworker and I got to go all across East Texas delivering TVs, washers, dryers, refrigerators, etc. It was a fun job, but the most fun was the trip back. We made it a habit to stop at every pawn shop and gun store we could find. This normally led to one of us buying a gun every month.
One particular trip took us to Rusk. After our delivery we made a stop at a pawn shop to take a look. I came across an ugly 9mm pistol with a $75 price tag. The Hi-point C9. While chatting with the owner of the shop, I was informed the pistol was junk. It wouldn't make it through a full magazine. It had between a hundred and a million rounds through it. It had never been cleaned.
My coworker told me he owned a Hi-Point and he knew exactly how to fix it. With all my trust put in my coworker I offered the shop owner $50, which he immediately accepted. His "no haggling" approach made me wonder if I had bought a paperweight.
We decided to take it straight to the range after work to try it out. It performed exactly as described. Jam-o-matic. So then we drove the roll pin out and assessed the situation. This was the dirtiest pistol I had ever seen. Junk was caked on every part of the pistol between the slide and frame.
We cleaned the gun up, tweaked the magazine feed lips, and drive the roll pin back in. 8 years have gone by and it still hasn't malfunctioned.
When I bought the pistol it had a smashed up rear "ghost ring" sight on it. I called to see what Hi-Point would do for me and they gave me the option of getting a new "ghost ring" or new standard rear sight. I opted for the standard sight. 3 days later I received 2 new rear sights and all the tools required to replace them, free.
This has been my go-to pistol for testing my reloads and any "questionable" 9mm rounds. It's an ugly brick but it's tough.
