Just to Clarify
I went into this thing unbiased. I don't really care if the thing cost $10 or $10,000.
I was at the FFL to pick up somthing I purchased, and he showed me a Hi-point he had in his safe for sale. My neighbor was looking for one and had been really talking them up, so I told him about seeing one at my FFL. He went inside and called and bought the gun that night. A week later I stopped by to see if my neighbor was interested in running out to the range for the afternoon. He couldn't but ask if I wanted to take his Hi-point and check it out for him. So he went in and got it. I stopped to pick up a couple of boxes of Win 9mm on the way to the range.
As I said it failed to strip the last round from the clip each time. That equates to a 12.5% failure rate. If it had been a new Colt, Springfield, HK, Glock, Tarus, Kimber (insert any manufacturer) I would be just as turned off.
So in my experience with a Hi-Point, I feel my assessment is fair. Maybe you had better luck with them, I however didn't.
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