If a person carries and shoots a few rounds, a low cost handgun can serve them well. If they want to put a zillion rounds through them they are better off coughing up some change.
Ammo costs far exceed the price of any gun when you get to that "zillions of rounds" mark.
If a person can only afford a High Point the likelihood of them putting 1000rds through it probably isn't even a remote possibility. Just from the financial aspect (the made up number from earlier in this thread).
Im glad guns exist to fit every budget