While it may be twice the price and only slightly less ugly, the G23 offers much greater reliability than the C9 in this test - we’d eat Top Ramen for however long it took to save our pennies to get one instead. Its “interesting” trigger prevents it from being a worthwhile plinker, and the C9 is oversized for the capacity it offers.īy comparison, the Glock 23 featured in our DIY article this issue was purchased lightly used for $300. The only rounds that consistently cycled it are not available commercially and would over-penetrate horrendously in a self-defense setting. And rather than its aesthetics growing on me, I wound up resenting it taking up precious space in the safe, like an unemployable fat girl who’s taken up residence on your couch. Unfortunately, its numerous and consistent stoppages completely rule it out for this role. I’d hoped the C9 would be the answer to someone’s prayers for an affordable self-defense pistol and was expecting to be won over by its, er, homely looks. When employed as a tomahawk, the C9 exhibited acceptable combat accuracy, impacting slightly low and right of its 15-yard group. Alongside Pistols, the carbine line has many caliber options from 9mm carbines to. I was pleasantly surprised by how this budget 9mm pistol-caliber carbine performed. Hi Point carbines are another addition to the 'working mans gun' collection at Hi Point. The overall feeling of top-heaviness was hard to ignore as the slide cycled, but the recoil impulse was soft and manageable when using normal-pressure ammunition. Hi-Point is well known for offering affordable guns, and its 995TS is no exception. The magazine release was smooth to operate and fell naturally under the thumb. At its core, the Hi-Point 995TS carbine is a basic blowback design inside a fairly bare-bones package. A left-handed shooter would have more difficulty during stoppage drills, as a southpaw really needs a third hand in order to hold the slide open by engaging the safety lever in the takedown slot. ![]() ![]() The C9’s grip shape proved to be comfortable and the pistol pointed naturally. Much to my surprise, they fed and ejected just fine. Why? Because (a) I happened to have them lurking in the bottom of my range bag and (b) I was getting desperate to find something, nay anything at all, that would run reliably in this test. ![]() Sights are adjustable and easy to pick up, but failed to survive use as an impact weapon.Ĭontrary to all sensible protocols, I eventually tried a magazine or two of my off-the-charts 115-grain TMJ Major reloads, which scream out of my shorty racegun at around 1,450 fps.
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