This isn't really a good value if you really think about it.... After a 100 rounds it jams every other shot! I sold mine for a box of .40 cal value pack! Never gonna buy one again! Good luck with yours!
I have a .380 HiPoint that i have put about 100 rounds through and hadnt had this problem, untill a few days ago. I had a few jams in the first 100 rounds, but for the price i aint complaining. Went out sunday and for some reason had to keep smacking the slide to get the next bullet to feed. I shot probably 30 rounds and had to tap the slide a few times, even in the middle of the mag. I planned on Polishing my feed ramp anyways, so this just made it a little easier to do it....
@91stang308 by chance, are you shooting Tul-ammo through it? Tul-ammo has a "sticky" coating on their cases and will not feed through my c9 reliably.
@95fordtbirdlx I haven't shot mine a lot lately, however, I haven't had a problem shooting "good" ammo through it--that is ammo that isn't under powered like federal champion. I still need to shoot more to see if it's broken in or not. If i were you id try 100 more rounds through it, and if still doesn't work contact hi-point. Nutnfancy has a video on the C9 and stated he had issues, but it was entirely fixed when hi-point sent him a new part 34 (hold open spring) for free.
Love all your videos on the Hi Points' I am buying a 40 S&W myself and was wondering where is a good forum location to discuss problems or questions I have with the Hi Point?
@surfbits I honestly don't know of any forums. All of my interactions about Hi-points, and other firearms, have been through youtube. A quick google search turned up hipointfirearmsforums (dot)com. Looks like a promising website. Let me know how you like your .40 when you get it..thanks.
When they're new you'll do a lot of slide smacking but this is because of the mentioned friction on the slide ramp due to hipoint's high-durability coating. It may protect it from rust or whatever but it needs a few rounds smacked across it to scrape from of that extra coating off before it starts firing smoothly. After my first 250 rounds I don't think I ever had to smack the slide again. Polishing it like some people do will also help.
I totally agree with you... I have the exact same problem with my hi point mag. I get a lot of people telling me that I don't know what I'm talking about and that the mag is fine... but I've owned many mag fed firearms and have "NEVER" experienced an issue like I do with the hi point mag. I have not tried to remedy the problem, but the rounds still seem to feed ok. If you check out my vid, i have a guy telling me that it's because I'm using my fingers. lol I don't think he understands the issue.
@gdeisig I checked out your video, that's what all of my mags do. I have 3 C9 mags, and 3 JHP mags, and they all do the same thing. I've seen solutions to try to fix magazine problems, but none of the ones i checked out correct the "nose diving" problem. I even called hi-point about it, and they didn't acknowledge there was an issue. But, if it feeds fine, I guess there isn't one. Since all 6 mags do the same thing, I believe that it's just the way their mags are.
@gdeisig What I've noticed is the more rounds you have in the mag, the more the round nose dives down, as you pointed out in your high-capacity mag. I think the rounds inside create too much friction for the spring to push the top round hard enough. I would be interested to see how a magazine lube would work, to decrease friction. I haven't tried this yet, because it hasn't been a huge issue. I figure, no jam, no foul. Of course I have had some jams in my c9, but not when using good ammo.
i went through over 500 rounds with my .45 hi point handgun in a single day without a single jam. I can't speak on behalf of the hi point 9s because i haven't any experience with them.
i have the 40 s&w hi point and with most ammo it seems to not be chanbering the round correctly but i wouldnt call it a jam. the round is chanbered...but not all the way. any input on this??
@NeedWarForPeace I've had that happen several times with my C9. Sometimes smacking the slide forward will get the round to feed all the way in, other times i had to remove the round. This often is due to magazine problems, because the round is not held at the right height or angle and the slide & extractor doesn't pick the cartridge up correctly, forcing it into the chamber with a rotation on it, prohibiting it from fully going into the chamber. Try adjusting the lips on the magazine...
@NeedWarForPeace either reduce or expand the gap on the magazines lips to try to correct this problem. Most people suggest expanding the gap. I would also check for a broken extractor arm. I would try another magazine as well. Definitely if it continues, contact hi-point to get it fixed (for free). Let me know how things turn out.
@onlyoneflip One thing that I noticed recently, is that it is not jamming on more powerful (protection quality) ammunition. I have to shoot more protection rounds through it thought, to confirm if indeed it does jam less with better ammo.
the problem is one the spring is just too heavy and two the mag lips. Store your mags full for a month or two then adjust the mag lips and your good to go
I just got a hipoint that jams a bit, but I think I just need to polish the feed ramp. But the mag problem your having. A mag for my old sks was similar with the round not at the right angle. It was fixed by taking apart the mag, and stretching the mag spring and reassembling. Worth a try on one of your mags.
@ArabianStyl Thanks for the tip, I'll have to try that on the one mag. So far, protection quality ammo has fed through flawlessly (about 60 rounds). I'm going to try a few hundred more rounds of Winchester Ranger, and see if better ammo feeds more reliably. I think some of the cheaper, less powerful ammo just isn't pushing the slide back far enough.
Take a pair of needle nose pliers and bend the front of the feed lips out just a hair on both sides and your problems will b gone, even with eight rounds in the clip. It worked for me on my c9
@MNU1978 No I haven't. Actually, I was unaware that a 3rd party made mags for the Hi-Point. However, it looks like they only have 10 round 9mm's (made for the carbine). I would prefer to have the 8 round so that it does not extend past the grip. I'm interested to see how well they work though. Do you have any experience with them? Thanks.
@basshoundusa I have 6 of the Promag magazines for my C9 and they all function perfectly. I did note however that upon the last round being fired, the slide does not lock back. A minor idiosyncrasy that really doesn't bother me. I count my ammo as I shoot.
What I have noticed is that the cartridges, (on the Hi-Point factory mags and with the Promags) tend to take nose dives into the body of the magazine. I don't know if that has anything to do with the capacity of the mags though.
@MNU1978 very nice. I'll have to try some, if mine don't seem to work themselves in. Yeah, I've never seen a "good quality" mag take nose dives like that before. At-least for the hi-point mags, I think that there is too much friction and/or not enough spring force to push the rounds up, when there are more than 4 rounds in the mag. The awkward angle the rounds are fed at definitely is causing the issue.
@MNU1978 The last point I want to make is that I recently took my c9 apart and gave it a good cleaning. The manual says to field strip it every 1500 rounds or so, but I think it may be a bad idea waiting this long. I found a lot of shaved off metal, dirt, and gunk from firing over the last several hundred rounds. Although I clean the barrel after each shooting, I didn't clean the whole gun, since I first got it, until last week. I have to go out and shoot it again to see how it does.
@basshoundusa ...oh yeah, check out my video. My channel page is a little jacked up, for some reason my uploads appear twice. But one of them I test my C9 with the Promags. And no failure to fires. No stovepipes or jams like that. Just issues with the cartridges taking nose dives in the magazine body. But I have heard from other Hi-Point owners is that that is a common "flaw" if you will about the Hi-Point system.
yo bass hound I just got my c9 and finally got to shoot it i was very happy. i shoot 150 rounds through it but i got three failure to eject and one failure to feed.
is that good or bad I'm new the to sport any ideas for the failures to eject?
@mrevolutionary To date, I have had 3 failures to feed, and 1 failure to eject in 309 rounds. I don't think your jamming is bad (or out of the norm), I would fire 100 more rounds through and see if it improves. Failures to eject are often the result of under powered ammo. I have recently learned that Federal Champion ammo is under powered and people often have problems with it. Actually, thats what i'm shooting (though I may try better quality ammo soon). What ammo are you shooting?
@mrevolutionary Also, I would slowly rack your slide (observing the cartridge being fed) and make sure the magazine is not forcing the new cartridge to be angled up too high, obstructing the spent casing to be ejected. When the gun is empty, and the trigger is pulled, notice how hard it is to rack the slide back; it definitely takes a round that has enough power behind it to fully force the slide back. Lastly, make sure your not limp wristing the gun. I hope to hear an update soon! Thanks.
PM me if you want any specific advice you need! I have owned several HI Point firearms from 995, 380,40, and 9mm (which I still have) since 2002.
I own a S&W 65-4, WASR-10, SAIGA-12 and a Beretta 92-A1. And perform all my own work on them, with the assistance of machinist who has the mill and lathe...
@basshoundusa Nope. Not before the changes, and nor after the changes. Before the changes it had that classic, HI POINT clunky slide forward as it chambered a round. .And after the work it feeds smooth as glass!!
This isn't really a good value if you really think about it.... After a 100 rounds it jams every other shot! I sold mine for a box of .40 cal value pack! Never gonna buy one again! Good luck with yours!
TheTroutman85 2 months ago
I have a .380 HiPoint that i have put about 100 rounds through and hadnt had this problem, untill a few days ago. I had a few jams in the first 100 rounds, but for the price i aint complaining. Went out sunday and for some reason had to keep smacking the slide to get the next bullet to feed. I shot probably 30 rounds and had to tap the slide a few times, even in the middle of the mag. I planned on Polishing my feed ramp anyways, so this just made it a little easier to do it....
91stang308 3 months ago
@91stang308 by chance, are you shooting Tul-ammo through it? Tul-ammo has a "sticky" coating on their cases and will not feed through my c9 reliably.
basshoundusa 3 months ago
@basshoundusa
the first 2 boxes were winchester FMJ's and the last time i went out i used Federal Ammunition
91stang308 3 months ago
i got the same prob. i polished the feeding ramp and fixed the tabs on my 3 clips and had 10 failure to feeds out of 150 fmj's
95fordtbirdlx 4 months ago
@95fordtbirdlx I haven't shot mine a lot lately, however, I haven't had a problem shooting "good" ammo through it--that is ammo that isn't under powered like federal champion. I still need to shoot more to see if it's broken in or not. If i were you id try 100 more rounds through it, and if still doesn't work contact hi-point. Nutnfancy has a video on the C9 and stated he had issues, but it was entirely fixed when hi-point sent him a new part 34 (hold open spring) for free.
basshoundusa 4 months ago
Love all your videos on the Hi Points' I am buying a 40 S&W myself and was wondering where is a good forum location to discuss problems or questions I have with the Hi Point?
surfbits 4 months ago in playlist More videos from basshoundusa
@surfbits I honestly don't know of any forums. All of my interactions about Hi-points, and other firearms, have been through youtube. A quick google search turned up hipointfirearmsforums (dot)com. Looks like a promising website. Let me know how you like your .40 when you get it..thanks.
basshoundusa 4 months ago
When they're new you'll do a lot of slide smacking but this is because of the mentioned friction on the slide ramp due to hipoint's high-durability coating. It may protect it from rust or whatever but it needs a few rounds smacked across it to scrape from of that extra coating off before it starts firing smoothly. After my first 250 rounds I don't think I ever had to smack the slide again. Polishing it like some people do will also help.
coltsyme 6 months ago
I totally agree with you... I have the exact same problem with my hi point mag. I get a lot of people telling me that I don't know what I'm talking about and that the mag is fine... but I've owned many mag fed firearms and have "NEVER" experienced an issue like I do with the hi point mag. I have not tried to remedy the problem, but the rounds still seem to feed ok. If you check out my vid, i have a guy telling me that it's because I'm using my fingers. lol I don't think he understands the issue.
gdeisig 7 months ago
@gdeisig I checked out your video, that's what all of my mags do. I have 3 C9 mags, and 3 JHP mags, and they all do the same thing. I've seen solutions to try to fix magazine problems, but none of the ones i checked out correct the "nose diving" problem. I even called hi-point about it, and they didn't acknowledge there was an issue. But, if it feeds fine, I guess there isn't one. Since all 6 mags do the same thing, I believe that it's just the way their mags are.
basshoundusa 7 months ago
@gdeisig What I've noticed is the more rounds you have in the mag, the more the round nose dives down, as you pointed out in your high-capacity mag. I think the rounds inside create too much friction for the spring to push the top round hard enough. I would be interested to see how a magazine lube would work, to decrease friction. I haven't tried this yet, because it hasn't been a huge issue. I figure, no jam, no foul. Of course I have had some jams in my c9, but not when using good ammo.
basshoundusa 7 months ago
i went through over 500 rounds with my .45 hi point handgun in a single day without a single jam. I can't speak on behalf of the hi point 9s because i haven't any experience with them.
palanticdreams 7 months ago
@palanticdreams Nice, that is a lot of ammo to go through in one day! Sounds fun.
basshoundusa 7 months ago
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palanticdreams 7 months ago
i have the 40 s&w hi point and with most ammo it seems to not be chanbering the round correctly but i wouldnt call it a jam. the round is chanbered...but not all the way. any input on this??
NeedWarForPeace 7 months ago
@NeedWarForPeace I've had that happen several times with my C9. Sometimes smacking the slide forward will get the round to feed all the way in, other times i had to remove the round. This often is due to magazine problems, because the round is not held at the right height or angle and the slide & extractor doesn't pick the cartridge up correctly, forcing it into the chamber with a rotation on it, prohibiting it from fully going into the chamber. Try adjusting the lips on the magazine...
basshoundusa 7 months ago
@NeedWarForPeace either reduce or expand the gap on the magazines lips to try to correct this problem. Most people suggest expanding the gap. I would also check for a broken extractor arm. I would try another magazine as well. Definitely if it continues, contact hi-point to get it fixed (for free). Let me know how things turn out.
basshoundusa 7 months ago
great video i have some of the same issues
onlyoneflip 7 months ago
@onlyoneflip One thing that I noticed recently, is that it is not jamming on more powerful (protection quality) ammunition. I have to shoot more protection rounds through it thought, to confirm if indeed it does jam less with better ammo.
basshoundusa 7 months ago
the problem is one the spring is just too heavy and two the mag lips. Store your mags full for a month or two then adjust the mag lips and your good to go
cbr6864 9 months ago
I just got a hipoint that jams a bit, but I think I just need to polish the feed ramp. But the mag problem your having. A mag for my old sks was similar with the round not at the right angle. It was fixed by taking apart the mag, and stretching the mag spring and reassembling. Worth a try on one of your mags.
ArabianStyl 9 months ago
@ArabianStyl Thanks for the tip, I'll have to try that on the one mag. So far, protection quality ammo has fed through flawlessly (about 60 rounds). I'm going to try a few hundred more rounds of Winchester Ranger, and see if better ammo feeds more reliably. I think some of the cheaper, less powerful ammo just isn't pushing the slide back far enough.
basshoundusa 9 months ago
amazing quality video. what camera are you using?
bubber25 10 months ago
@bubber25 Thanks. It's the Sanyo VPC-SH1R.
basshoundusa 10 months ago
Take a pair of needle nose pliers and bend the front of the feed lips out just a hair on both sides and your problems will b gone, even with eight rounds in the clip. It worked for me on my c9
natesv04 10 months ago
Have you tried using the Promag magazines?
MNU1978 1 year ago
@MNU1978 No I haven't. Actually, I was unaware that a 3rd party made mags for the Hi-Point. However, it looks like they only have 10 round 9mm's (made for the carbine). I would prefer to have the 8 round so that it does not extend past the grip. I'm interested to see how well they work though. Do you have any experience with them? Thanks.
basshoundusa 1 year ago
@basshoundusa I have 6 of the Promag magazines for my C9 and they all function perfectly. I did note however that upon the last round being fired, the slide does not lock back. A minor idiosyncrasy that really doesn't bother me. I count my ammo as I shoot.
What I have noticed is that the cartridges, (on the Hi-Point factory mags and with the Promags) tend to take nose dives into the body of the magazine. I don't know if that has anything to do with the capacity of the mags though.
MNU1978 1 year ago
@MNU1978 very nice. I'll have to try some, if mine don't seem to work themselves in. Yeah, I've never seen a "good quality" mag take nose dives like that before. At-least for the hi-point mags, I think that there is too much friction and/or not enough spring force to push the rounds up, when there are more than 4 rounds in the mag. The awkward angle the rounds are fed at definitely is causing the issue.
basshoundusa 1 year ago
@MNU1978 The last point I want to make is that I recently took my c9 apart and gave it a good cleaning. The manual says to field strip it every 1500 rounds or so, but I think it may be a bad idea waiting this long. I found a lot of shaved off metal, dirt, and gunk from firing over the last several hundred rounds. Although I clean the barrel after each shooting, I didn't clean the whole gun, since I first got it, until last week. I have to go out and shoot it again to see how it does.
basshoundusa 1 year ago
@basshoundusa ...oh yeah, check out my video. My channel page is a little jacked up, for some reason my uploads appear twice. But one of them I test my C9 with the Promags. And no failure to fires. No stovepipes or jams like that. Just issues with the cartridges taking nose dives in the magazine body. But I have heard from other Hi-Point owners is that that is a common "flaw" if you will about the Hi-Point system.
MNU1978 1 year ago
yo bass hound I just got my c9 and finally got to shoot it i was very happy. i shoot 150 rounds through it but i got three failure to eject and one failure to feed.
is that good or bad I'm new the to sport any ideas for the failures to eject?
mrevolutionary 1 year ago
@mrevolutionary To date, I have had 3 failures to feed, and 1 failure to eject in 309 rounds. I don't think your jamming is bad (or out of the norm), I would fire 100 more rounds through and see if it improves. Failures to eject are often the result of under powered ammo. I have recently learned that Federal Champion ammo is under powered and people often have problems with it. Actually, thats what i'm shooting (though I may try better quality ammo soon). What ammo are you shooting?
basshoundusa 1 year ago
@mrevolutionary Also, I would slowly rack your slide (observing the cartridge being fed) and make sure the magazine is not forcing the new cartridge to be angled up too high, obstructing the spent casing to be ejected. When the gun is empty, and the trigger is pulled, notice how hard it is to rack the slide back; it definitely takes a round that has enough power behind it to fully force the slide back. Lastly, make sure your not limp wristing the gun. I hope to hear an update soon! Thanks.
basshoundusa 1 year ago
PM me if you want any specific advice you need! I have owned several HI Point firearms from 995, 380,40, and 9mm (which I still have) since 2002.
I own a S&W 65-4, WASR-10, SAIGA-12 and a Beretta 92-A1. And perform all my own work on them, with the assistance of machinist who has the mill and lathe...
kendrickmeadows 1 year ago
I posted a video may help. But it includes all the things you mention, so you already know...
kendrickmeadows 1 year ago
@kendrickmeadows Thanks for the post, I checked out your video and like the modifications you've made. Have you had any feeding issues?
basshoundusa 1 year ago
@basshoundusa Nope. Not before the changes, and nor after the changes. Before the changes it had that classic, HI POINT clunky slide forward as it chambered a round. .And after the work it feeds smooth as glass!!
kendrickmeadows 1 year ago