Hi Point 45 Defective Gun!!

This was a brand new gun, supposed to be a .45ACP, well, suprise, it has a barrel (and who knows what else) from a .40. The slide is stamped .45. Again, the slide was from a .45. Yes, I know the box says .40, that is part of the mix up. Obviously, it was carelessly assembled at the factory. After I returned the gun, I was told by the store that the factory rep admitted the error and was going to replace the gun for the store.

Before commenting, just realize that I will not approve any comments with profanity or claiming this is a fake or that I should have just taken it apart and fixed it, or used it as is. Hi-Point made and sold two defective guns to me. I gave them a fair chance for winning my support, but they failed. I welcome comments from owners of Hi-Points, with either positive or respectfully disagreeing opinions and experiences.

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• point
• hi-point
• 45
• 40
• acp

[blaiereeves]

Dude said it was a 45, the box says 40 s&w...

[ejlister]

@blaiereeves You should be able to see the numbers "45" on the slide of the gun, yet it has a barrel for a .40. The box is irrelevant IMO.

[ejlister]

As stated in the video comments, HP admitted the screwup.

[kipchak]

How can you tell this just wasn't a screw up at the store rather than HP?

a 40 S&W gun with a 40 box and a 40 magazine makes it seem like the store put the wrong sticker on it.

[ejlister]

Not to mention, why would the store put a sticker on the box? Where would they get the sticker? It came marked like that.

[ohbucki53]

i WASTED my 175 bucks on a .45 cal hi point. 3rd shot the gun lieraly exploded in my hand. cracked the FRAME of the gun in 1/2. i sent it back to hi point. they sure fixed it. but ill be danged if i ever try to shoot it. i just leave it in the gun cab. to look nice. thants all its worth and really it doesnt even do that well lol!

[ejlister]

That's horrible! Glad you weren't injured. Thanks for the comment.

[Captb55806]

At least Hi-Point is not made in China.'

They maybe cheep but the pice is right.

[blade55440]

Hi-point also has the best warranty in the market. If he called the company, they would let him send it in and give him a new gun with everything perfect on it for free. They also give you an extra magazine to offset your shipping costs. They aren't a bad gun, they just get snobbed occasionally.

Also, have you paid attention to how many recalls ruger has? They are a "well known" gun. So don't jump to conclusions based on price alone.

[oeyesea]

So far this is the most credible report of Hi-point guns I have come across. Frankly, I've seen several positive reports about Hi-Point. I think how Hi-Point dealt with the problem is a sign that they'll be around for a while and probably grow. Another review of a Hi-Point pistol had it shooting 1,000rnds accurately without any problems after it had been "broken in". Not ready straight out of the box but for the $ it's difficult to criticise that.

[randomnumber81]

my .45 shoots flawless and has for hundreds of rounds.

[Migs4000]

for around $30 or so more you can get a surplus TT-33 or CZ-82.

[my05hammer]

That's too bad that you had two bad experiences with Hi Point. While I admit that it does stink for you, I will add that there are thousands more of other very happy/satisfied Hi Point owners out there, me being one of them (I own 6 Hi Point Pistols and a 995 so far). I have had no problems with my Hi Points so far.

I hope that you do find a pistol to meet your wants/needs no matter who the manufacturer is.

[josh6343]

i have a hi-piont .45, it's the worst damn gun i have ever had...dont trust your life to it, when you need it it will fail you...good for target shooting though

[hedgehoghunter007]

dads got one its done pretty well so far,lol thats a pretty bad mix up though.

[disturbedone5009]

Well according to reality ARs and AKs make up about 2% of crime weapons.

Number 1 was the Mossburg 500 and number 2 was some small .380 auto pistol.

[enemykilla52]

HI POINT'S ARE JUST AWFUL.