![]() ![]() I even gave serious thought to selling it. I packed everything related to the carbine in the case and put it “away”. Most every round would go nose up out of the mag. On my first trip to the range it did the same thing. And yet again the carbine looked brand new. They were nice enough to “go through it” again and include two new magazines once again “for my troubles”. When it was returned with a note saying they found nothing wrong with it I was very perplexed. Try as I might I could not get it to start feeding reliably at all. It would fire the chambered round but it seemed as if every successive round would go “nose up” against the chamber with the bolt closing on it. Then one day, it seemed, it just stopped feeding worth a damn. For a time it would eat anything I could put into the magazines. It would perform the same duty at 100 yards with good 115gr handloads as well. I even developed an 88gr GDHP screamer that in conjunction with a fixed 4 power scope was incredibly effective on “groundhog type” critters past 130 yards. ![]() I had no issues with anything I could stuff into a case. It performed very nicely during this time. Just one…įor the next few thousand rounds I shot a mix of commercial and handloads through the carbine. The Tech stated that Hi Point recommends that CCI Blazer be shot through their 9mm weapons. This was confusing in that the carbine is advertised: “ALL Hi-Point Firearms are +P+ rated they will handle all factory ammunition including Law Enforcement Only +P+ loads”. Something about the Wolf ammo being loaded to current military specifications. He told me that the issue was the Wolf ammo I had been shooting. He was able to come to the phone in short order. I decided to call the factory and see if the repair technician was available. The handwritten paperwork that was returned with the carbine did not state exactly what caused the issue. Very thoughtful!! Now this is where things got kind of confusing. The factory even added two brand new 10 round magazines to the package “for my trouble”. Honestly it looked as if they took the serial number plate and put it on another carbine, the thing looked brand new. The factory techs went through the carbine from top to bottom, I mean they cleaned everything. In less than ten days I returned home from work one evening to find it on my front porch, left by the people in the brown truck. After a brief contact with the Hi Point factory I sent the carbine in for repairs. Both cracks were in the same place on opposite sides of the firing pin channel. It is with this in mind that I can not seem to trust my optics after cleaning the carbine until I have test fired it.ĭuring a cleaning session after about 2k of Wolf ammo I noticed some cracking in the underside of the bolt. Both have been very effective although the shooter does need to keep in mind that this rail is attached to the shroud that covers the bolt/slide. I have never gone back to the iron sights, having instead gone between a red dot and a fixed 4 power scope. I found the sights to be useable and effective although they never did sit right with me… Out of the box they needed very little tweaking to be dead on at 25 yards and after a little getting use to I could reliably hit my 5x8 dinger at 50 yards most every time… A few months and several hundred rounds after I purchased the 995 I removed the iron site platform and replaced it with the manufacturer provided scope rail. An elevation adjustable front post and a rear peep sight that is both windage/elevation adjustable. The basic sights are just that, VERY basic. My 995 was bought in the post 9/11 fervor that swept the country… The thought was to have a lightweight carbine that fired the same pistol caliber ammunition as my chosen sidearm… thus 9mm… At first it was a great little plinker… and it still is. The design is one that affords ease of manufacturing and functionality… In all reality it does what it is supposed to.IF, and I must emphasize if, everything is set up as it is supposed to be… ![]() A culmination of simplicity and effectiveness… The 995 is not a high speed, high class, high dollar weapon… Essentially it is a very basic, blowback operated, pistol caliber carbine… Is a weapon with which the shooting public has a love / hate relationship… This ugly little carbine is a strangely attractive plastic, steel and zinc alloy collaboration.
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