Splitter R.I.P.

Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Westminster, MD Posts: 7,218

Quote: 240 towles Originally Posted by

[IMG] [/IMG] this guy must have triple charged or something. Hi point slides are hella big and tough. Though I bet the manufacturer would replace it for free![IMG][/IMG]



The incident was reported by a guy that owned or was about to open a gun shop. He didn't like HiPoints. He said he was at a range and on like the third trigger pull by someone down the line, the HiPoint exploded. The original HiPoint owner supposedly just gave the peices to this shop owner because he wanted nothing more to o with HiPoint.



The shop owner seemed to blame the kaboom on the cheap "pot metal" of the slide.



Conjecture on the photo revolved around the clean break, where it broke, how far it broke, and whether or not the slide had been pre-cut or scored to facilitate the kaboom. People also theorized that perhaps the front of the slide was somehow prevented from moving artificially. Of course, there were also questions about the ammo. There were the typical accusations of the "reporter" being a gun snob and wanting to turn people off to HiPoint because they are inexpensive and have a smaller profit margin for dealers.



This is all what I recall about the picture, I may not have recalled it all correctly. I personally do not have any information on the validity of the incident or the honesty of the guy that reported on it and took the picture.



In my little opinion, I think any firearm can fail. The picture and the report of the incident may well be valid. I just find the circumstances (again, as I recall them) to be suspect.



We have owned two HiPoint pistols. One was great (.380) and one was a problem child at first (9mm). There are tens of thousands of them in circulation and shot on a regular basis. If there were inherint safety concerns, we would hear more about such incidents. But, what we seem to hear are stories about a HiPoint going KABOOM from someone who knows someone who heard from a friend who's brother in law witnessed a failure.



Of any of our firearms, people at the range are most curious about and want to shoot the HiPoints. They are just so damned ugly and different. After they shoot and hand it back smiling, I always tell them that they now have a story to tell about the day they shot a HiPoint and it didn't blow up .



Splitter As I rmember it, the guy that owned this HiPoint refused to send it in to the factory. The factory wanted to get it back to check it for obvious reasons. His reluctance to send it back and things about the image set off a virtual firestorm of conjecture about whether or not the incident was real. Supposedly the ammo was factory new.The incident was reported by a guy that owned or was about to open a gun shop. He didn't like HiPoints. He said he was at a range and on like the third trigger pull by someone down the line, the HiPoint exploded. The original HiPoint owner supposedly just gave the peices to this shop owner because he wanted nothing more to o with HiPoint.The shop owner seemed to blame the kaboom on the cheap "pot metal" of the slide.Conjecture on the photo revolved around the clean break, where it broke, how far it broke, and whether or not the slide had been pre-cut or scored to facilitate the kaboom. People also theorized that perhaps the front of the slide was somehow prevented from moving artificially. Of course, there were also questions about the ammo. There were the typical accusations of the "reporter" being a gun snob and wanting to turn people off to HiPoint because they are inexpensive and have a smaller profit margin for dealers.This is all what I recall about the picture, I may not have recalled it all correctly. I personally do not have any information on the validity of the incident or the honesty of the guy that reported on it and took the picture.In my little opinion, I think any firearm can fail. The picture and the report of the incident may well be valid. I just find the circumstances (again, as I recall them) to be suspect.We have owned two HiPoint pistols. One was great (.380) and one was a problem child at first (9mm). There are tens of thousands of them in circulation and shot on a regular basis. If there were inherint safety concerns, we would hear more about such incidents. But, what we seem to hear are stories about a HiPoint going KABOOM from someone who knows someone who heard from a friend who's brother in law witnessed a failure.Of any of our firearms, people at the range are most curious about and want to shoot the HiPoints. They are just so damned ugly and different. After they shoot and hand it back smiling, I always tell them that they now have a story to tell about the day they shot a HiPoint and it didn't blow upSplitter