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I went out shooting with a 2 friends of mine today. One of them got a new shotgun that he wanted to try out so we headed out to goat mountain. Great day for shooting.
Since I'm an invalid right now I wasn't able to do any shotgun shooting so we picked a spot that I could sit in a chair and shoot my p22 all morning. I took the opportunity to learn how to shoot with both eyes open. I'm terrible at it so far. I must say, when my eyes focused right it was much better. When they didn't focus right I didn't hit anything! I'm going to continue trying to learn.
After about 250 rounds I decided to try out my beretta 92g vertec. Great fun. After I shot that about 30 times my friend came over and said "here why don't you shoot a real gun". Then he produced from a cardboard box a Hi-point .45. This was my first chance to ever see, feel, try, shoot a hi-point. I'm a pretty objective person so I wanted to give it a chance...
Observations:
It was amazingly ugly. No part of the firearm looked decent.
Magazine appeared to hold the rounds at the wrong angle to match the barrel feed ramp. First round loads were always a problem.
It was very heavy. This was a blessing and hindrance. The added weight virtually removed all the recoil. Holding up a heavy pistol is not conducive to accuracy.
The magazine release on the bottom of the mag is very cumbersome. I would feel VERY unsafe attempting to remove a mag. with a shell in the chamber. Obviously this was done by design to save money.
The trigger felt very heavy. It was sprung very tight. It wasn't smooth which made it tough to be accurate with. I'm accustomed to the sig trigger system so this was like going from a Ferrari to a Yugo but I don't feel that anyone anywhere has ever liked this trigger.
It wasn't accurate. I'm not a great pistol shot but even I could tell it wasn't the gun for me. The sights are fixed so they can't be adjusted. It might shoot straight, but if your sights don't aim you where the barrel is pointed you aren't going to hit anything.
When the last round in the magazine was fired the slide doesn't lock open. Very frustrating.
I guess if you only have $130 to get a pistol to learn with it wouldn't be terrible...
My $0.02
Since I'm an invalid right now I wasn't able to do any shotgun shooting so we picked a spot that I could sit in a chair and shoot my p22 all morning. I took the opportunity to learn how to shoot with both eyes open. I'm terrible at it so far. I must say, when my eyes focused right it was much better. When they didn't focus right I didn't hit anything! I'm going to continue trying to learn.
After about 250 rounds I decided to try out my beretta 92g vertec. Great fun. After I shot that about 30 times my friend came over and said "here why don't you shoot a real gun". Then he produced from a cardboard box a Hi-point .45. This was my first chance to ever see, feel, try, shoot a hi-point. I'm a pretty objective person so I wanted to give it a chance...
Observations:
It was amazingly ugly. No part of the firearm looked decent.
Magazine appeared to hold the rounds at the wrong angle to match the barrel feed ramp. First round loads were always a problem.
It was very heavy. This was a blessing and hindrance. The added weight virtually removed all the recoil. Holding up a heavy pistol is not conducive to accuracy.
The magazine release on the bottom of the mag is very cumbersome. I would feel VERY unsafe attempting to remove a mag. with a shell in the chamber. Obviously this was done by design to save money.
The trigger felt very heavy. It was sprung very tight. It wasn't smooth which made it tough to be accurate with. I'm accustomed to the sig trigger system so this was like going from a Ferrari to a Yugo but I don't feel that anyone anywhere has ever liked this trigger.
It wasn't accurate. I'm not a great pistol shot but even I could tell it wasn't the gun for me. The sights are fixed so they can't be adjusted. It might shoot straight, but if your sights don't aim you where the barrel is pointed you aren't going to hit anything.
When the last round in the magazine was fired the slide doesn't lock open. Very frustrating.
I guess if you only have $130 to get a pistol to learn with it wouldn't be terrible...
My $0.02