No mention of the famous Zamak alloy, nor the fact that the firing pin is the ejector…?
@clubvanderbilt
3 ай бұрын
Another great video. Love the tie-in to Terminator 2.
@troygilliland9485
3 ай бұрын
I bought one of these at a garage sale in the early 90s, thought I pulled a real coup. That was until I struggled to get it to go bang reliably once in a row most of the time! It did fire twice consecutively a time or two, but that's it. I traded it off for an FEG .380... at least that was lighter.
@firestorm8471
3 ай бұрын
I REMEMBER THAT THING !
@yo.mama100
3 ай бұрын
😂 somehow still looks better than modern high points
@kaylawiggins8952
3 ай бұрын
Best video yet, by far!
@scottv8960
Ай бұрын
i just acquired one. Not the easiest to take down. Your video really helped.
@PawnShopPistols
Ай бұрын
@@scottv8960 Glad I was able to help!
@bobvitoski3158
3 ай бұрын
I have had 3 of these over the years and still have my original one. 1st off these have the Smoothest recoil of any 45 I've ever shot. Now Judging by the looks of it when you have it apart i would say that that gun has barely been broken in. Now the catching during assembly and disassembly seems odd because all of mine always came apart like butter so yours may have still a bur or something that needs filed down or that normally wears down from shooting i dunno. But I have found the Easiest way to align the slide retainer is to have the dowel pin in the retainer untill you have the slide almost where it goes then pull the dowel pin out without turning the retainer then lift up and carefully slide forward and set it down in its hole then carefully pull back while holding the slide firmly and downward on the frame (emphasis on the firm hold because if it slips from your finges then have fun looking around the room for the retainer and fp spring) then reinstall the dowel pin. As far as firing malfunctions go like I said that gun looks like its barely broken in. Now i have read online that a common mod for these is to lightly file the feed ramp for more reliable feeding( im guessing maybe for federal ammo) because i never had any problems with any of mine but im also a cheap ass who buys cheap guns and cheap ammo lol
@PawnShopPistols
3 ай бұрын
This is great information! Thank you so much for your in depth comment!
@joshuahawkins2743
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video now i understand better what the pistol was i had 20 years ago i thought it was a hipoint
@MrNedsaabdickerson
3 ай бұрын
Those Zamak zinc alloy guns are kind of fragile the same way Iron can be fragile. They were not meant to have a long-life span; they were meant to be cheap and easy to mass produce.
@joshuahawkins2743
3 ай бұрын
Believe it or not the one i had worked flawless
@johnnie5442
3 ай бұрын
I think this is a piece of ... work type of a firearm...
@aljole683
3 ай бұрын
$200! $130? Your pawn shop is high, like, smoking’ high! That’s a $120 gun, haggling should get you to $100. Mine was $90, as were the JC 40 and the Stallard Maverick JS 9mm. Funny thing…the old alloy frame guns have been 100% reliable. And yes…it’s an ALLOY frame, not steel. The slide is also an alloy, but it’s heavy to make it a blowback. Hi Point managed to do what many said could not be done, and made the 9, the 40, and the 45 using unlocked actions.
@PawnShopPistols
3 ай бұрын
Good info! Thank you for the corrections! While I would liked to have seen more than just 3 firearms come out of Haskell, I seriously love my Hi-Points. This thing was so much fun to shoot, I've ordered a lot more 45 to take it back to the range. I'm happy to see another owner! Glad you love it!
@owllymannstein7113
29 күн бұрын
@@PawnShopPistols Technically there have been more than 3 Haskel built guns, since they are still the manufacturer of Hi-point 40's and .45's. Hi-point's are made in several different factories, and for awhile "Hi-point" was the distributor that they branded the guns as. Its a bit of a rabbit hole to go down. The company that started off Making Mavericks/Stallards, then went on making the 9mm hi-points (and later the carbines and 10mm pistols) was Stallard Arms in Mannsfield Ohio (Which became BeeMiller inc, then Strassel Machine Inc, and is now "Hi-point Firearms inc.). Haskel is in Lima Ohio. Finally Iberia Firearms made the "Iberia" (The .40 version of the Stallard/Haskel) and then made the .40 hi-points
@aljole683
3 ай бұрын
Don’t take the barrel off unless you must. The alloy frame will wallow out and you’ll end up with a loose barrel. Also, you made it sound like the entire chamber area is aluminum…it’s not, the alloy “shroud” around the STEEL chamber and barrel is not holding any pressure. I cannot imagine it warping unless you heat the barrel FAR beyond normal use.
@PawnShopPistols
3 ай бұрын
Agreed! I'm really glad someone else knows so much about these! I had to rely on old forum and blog posts for a lot of my information when researching this. Wish I knew you before! I even called up Hi-Point, but due to the original creator dying, they had no information to share with me.
@StinkyGringo
3 ай бұрын
@@PawnShopPistolstry emailing Ian McCollum (forgotten weapons). Tell him you're a KZitemr and what you have. He probably has a lot of information and may even want to do a video with your pistol. It is pretty interesting. You never know. Worth a try.
@shawngoldsberry747
3 ай бұрын
I like rural
@grabir01
3 ай бұрын
Not reliable. Get rid of it.
@StinkyGringo
3 ай бұрын
I don't think this is an everyday carry for him 😂
@grabir01
3 ай бұрын
@@StinkyGringo A never day carry.
@butisit7816
Ай бұрын
i own one, and its fun to show off at the range. its hilariously large and fun. not bad for an 80$ talk piece that surprisingly works..most of the time XD
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