They're pretty much disposable, so you get what you pay for. The Hi-Point pistols make up for their low cost, thru the mastery of ugly manufacturing. How else can you explain getting a 40 caliber pistol for $200. Odds are you'll be needing to use their services sooner or later after you buy it. Taurus is also very famous for how slow their repair department works. The Taurus pistol for $200 is about right for a used one.īe well advised that Taurus has a life time warranty with no regard to who owns it at the time of the malfunction. There are few people ever heard complaining about the Hi-Point pistols not serving their needs. They're well designed for absorbing recoil.
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The full polymer frames are quite pleasent to shoot too. They're terribly ugly pistols, but they go bang every time, and they're well within home defense accuracy needs. Just bought mu first home and following in a grandfathers footsteps for his admiration of self defense the smart and safe way when it comes to an intruder.Ĭlick to expand.The high point will be a much better pistol to shoot over the Taurus. Just an fyi, mo one is out to kill me haha. I do believe, even the the rounds i have will work, i am going to buy a kit to start pressing my own ammo. Good deals? Again, thanks for all the info!! Very helpful. A Taurus 40 cal (used) for 200 bux with 1 10 round clip and a Hi-Point 9mm with 2 10 rd clips for 175 bux. I am going to purchase 2 other guns (fever initiated) tomorrow. I decided i will keep it because its just cool to look at. I do feel now after more research, i way over paid 250 for the gun and 50 rounds.
It was refreshing to hear the rounds i have are okay for it. Surprisingly, it was way more accurate than the IJ i started this thread about. Cool gun, value to me just wanted to fire it again. This was the first gun i have ever shot in my life when i was about 15. My grandpa bought it when he was 14 and is now 88. My other pistol is a hand- me down H&R 22 revolver roughly 60 years old. I did not read the thread to see if anyone replied before doing so. Well, I manned up today (or made a stupid risky move) and went out to a buddies farm to shoot both of mu pistols. So work with what you have now, and plan toward improving your defenses as you can. Of the 4, I would recommend a Charter Arms, based on quality and the cost involved to get one. You can usually find good quality guns in your local Penny Press, Nickles Worth, or a local guntrader online.Ī very good second choice would be either a Rossi, Taurus, Astra, or Charter Arms revolver in 38 Special or heavier cartridge fro home defense. If money is an issue, I understand, but you should start saving for something better. I recommend that this revolver be a stop gap measure until you can find a quality handgun, or shotgun better suited to the need. But compared to throwing rocks, it's certainly a big step up the ladder of protection. Your choice for this IJ break top as a home defense gun is not a really good choice. I'm going to crawl out on a limb here and say something most won't. Mostly because they're fun to look at and occasionaly shoot, but they're not built for regular use. All of them have been sold off for various reasons. Over the past 5 years I've owned probably a dozen or more IJ's. That has already been argued for decades.
I'm not going to bring the cartridge into this equation. There is not a single break top revolver that I would risk my life with. They were built to be a cheap alternative and a decent pocket pistol for those that couldn't afford the better known brand products. Quality of manufacturer wasn't too high on the priority list. When this break top was new it probably cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $5-10. Don't choose one that has any history of malfunctions. You're life will be depending on whatever gun you choose. You must never trust any gun that goes click for home defense. The timing wheels are a pretty soft metal and usually suffer from premature wear as well. The older IJ break tops are well know to have weak cylinder locks and suffer from timing issues regularly. Timing and lockup is critical to be sure the cylinder is properly aligned with the barrel, and the firing pin, so the bullet goes smoothly into the barrel without trimming off lead, or failing to ignite. If at any time you pull the trigger and it goes click instead of bang, you've got troubles. Before you begin to consider this for home defense you'll need to shoot at least a box of ammo thru it to be familiar with the way it handles, and you'll know if the timing is right or not. Two problems that's regularly common on these revolvers is the timing inaccuracies and light hammer strikes. I've owned numerous IJ's and they've all been able to handle this ammo without any trouble. And you don't need black powder ammo for it either. You won't get hurt shooting the modern 38 S&W round in it.
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