Hi-power 995TS

[6bg6ga]

Looked at a Hi point 4595TS yesterday and I was impressed with the quality for the money. I also viewed a video and was amazed at the accuracy that this little 45acp has. My thinking is that while I'm waiting for the buying frenzy to cool down so that I can put together a AR-15 I might satisfy my plinking needs with this little carbine.

[6bg6ga]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh1AKR8Yvbo


I will point out that I have 2 1911's now so 45acp ammo I have on hand.

Anyone else have one? Thinking of one?

[Lonegun1894]

You mean a Hi-Point? Wasn't aware that the .45 ACP version was out yet, but haven't looked at them in quite some time.

[farmerjim]

I have the 9mm one. Cheep , cheerful and fun to shoot. It is convenient to have a carbine in one of your pistol calibers.

[badboyparamedic]

Have the 45 Hi-Point Carbine, love it. Great gun for the price. Eats anything I feed it.

[HarryT]

I have a 9mm and 45acp Hi-Point carbine, they are great guns for the money. The 9mm is just a plinking gun but I carry the 45 everyday to shoot beavers and hogs. I use a 255 Lee flat-point plus P load. Everyone says they are ugly but when laying beside a MAC-10, M3, or UZI, they might win a beauty contest.

[6bg6ga]

You mean a Hi-Point? Wasn't aware that the .45 ACP version was out yet, but haven't looked at them in quite some time.


Yup, I meant Hi-point not Hi power, thanks.

[6bg6ga]

Bought one today....thanks

[161]

Just came home from shooting my 45. I had a little trouble with the cheek piece pinching my face when I shot. I thought the sights were a little low forcing me to push my face into the stock. I put an AR15 scope riser and an old tasco red dot sight on it that fixed the problem. Put a shell catcher on the side and it's a fun gun to shoot love it. Shoot the LEE 230 TL and Red Dot powder.

[161]

And here it is i took the front sight off. I have a 7 rnd 1911 mag. that I modified and it works 100%
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[6bg6ga]

Any good recommendations for a cheap red dot sight?

I already installed a iTAC Tactical Light & Lazer on it and would like a red dot to replace the factory sights.

[6bg6ga]

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[161]

I've had good luck with Truglo stuff. I know a guy that has one on a 460 S&W and it's held up. Don't know if I'd do that but works for him. I wouldn't be afraid to try a Wal-Mart $40.00 Tasco on the HP 45.Unless you'er thinking of buying something to use on the HP then put it on the AR later.

[Silverboolit]

I have a Hi Point .45 carbine. Really like having a carbine in .45. The only problem that I have had is it jams up once in a while with the HG 68 style boolit. I use the Lee 228 2R in it and it runs flawlessly.

Just recieved 2 mags and mag holder from MOM last week....42.00 with free shipping...Have fun!!!

[6bg6ga]

I have a Hi Point .45 carbine. Really like having a carbine in .45. The only problem that I have had is it jams up once in a while with the HG 68 style boolit. I use the Lee 228 2R in it and it runs flawlessly.

Just recieved 2 mags and mag holder from MOM last week....42.00 with free shipping...Have fun!!!

I think they are designed for round nose bullets. The HG 68 if I remember correctly is a 200gr semi wad cutter. You might try to polish the ramp a little and see if that helps any. Who is MOM?

[6bg6ga]

And here it is i took the front sight off. I have a 7 rnd 1911 mag. that I modified and it works 100%
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161...Where is IOWA? Near CR here.

I like the front sight removed and I think I will copy you on that. Your modification to the 1911 magazine is interesting.

[161]

I'm over in Tipton. If you take the front sight off you can get the bolt off the gun for cleaning. I took that little front rail off also. Search youtube for 1911 mag./ hi point it's super simple to do you just bend the mag catch out on the 1911 mag. Some guy is making a mag catch that will run stock 1911 mags. But then you can't run your factory mags. I just had a 1911 mag around and no gun to use it in. Don't try putting a modified mag back in a 1911 you'll have a tough time getting it out.

[Silverboolit]

MOM is Hi Point sales, just an acronym..got it off the Hi Point forum..

[6bg6ga]

MOM is Hi Point sales, just an acronym..got it off the Hi Point forum..

I will probably bite the bullet and purcahse several along with the mag holders for my unit.

[6bg6ga]

Took it out today and after it was sighted in it turned out to be a tack driver. I digested everything I put in the magazine. No trouble with 200 gr semi wad cutters.

[161]

Good deal mine would jam now and then until I left the mags. loaded for a week or two. I ran several hundred Lee 230s through it since then and not a jam. Don't know why I like that gun it's so darn ugly but fun to shoot. It's like that girlfriend I had as A kid. Really liked it but knew Dad wouldn't care for it at all.Cedar Valley Outfitter in Marion has some goodies for the carbine in stock. I put a comp. on mine two weeks ago. $15.00

[6bg6ga]

Good deal mine would jam now and then until I left the mags. loaded for a week or two. I ran several hundred Lee 230s through it since then and not a jam. Don't know why I like that gun it's so darn ugly but fun to shoot. It's like that girlfriend I had as A kid. Really liked it but knew Dad wouldn't care for it at all.Cedar Valley Outfitter in Marion has some goodies for the carbine in stock. I put a comp. on mine two weeks ago. $15.00


Was there this morning and forgot to ask them about a comp. Trying to find a drum magazine or a 14 round 1911 magazine to convert.

I do feel the trigger sucks and is in need of work.

[6bg6ga]

Pictures of the 4595 with red/green dot scope and 3X magnifier. Also in picture the factory sights are gone and a close up of the mag well that has been modified to accept a 1911 magazine. Last a picture of a military surplus 1911 magazine modified to work in the Hi Point 4595.
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[161]

You did a better job on the mag well than I did. Looks good. Is it running ok. I hear 15 rnd stick mag available. Haven't seen one yet

[6bg6ga]

I made up some dummy shells to see if it would feed them while cycling the bolt. The result is it does it flawlessly so I will get to test it at the range this weekend for sure. Since there are no mags available at this time I will probably purchase a 1911 large capacity magazine and modify it for use in the 4595.

I used a drummel to put a radius in the mag well for the rounded portion of the bottom plate of the magazine to seat on. It took several tries with the grinder to get it to just click in. With a large capacity magazine the modified mag catch slot will hold it in the proper position. If I cannot find a large capacity mag for a 1911 I will cut and modify 2) surplus GI 1911 mags to make one large magazine. Maybe I will use 3 mags just to have something that would look cool sticking down under the mag well.

[Blintersifrid]

You did a better job on the mag well than I did. Looks good. Is it running ok. I hear 15 rnd stick mag available. Haven't seen one yet

It'd be one of the Promags, and they have a bad rep among those of us who own HPs.
They don't work well, and don't seem to be amenable to modifying into functionality.

I agree on the notion of leaving the mags loaded for a week or two to break in the springs.
It's a common problem with HP's magazines, especially with the handguns.

I have an old-style 995 (pre-TS, pre-LRHO) that will eat any 9mm I feed it without a hiccup and a rather-more-finicky C9 that refuses to eat steel cases. I love 'em both.

'Sifrid

[snaplink]

Have the .45 and .40 carbines really like both. Looking for a 9mm carbine for my son and then for one for me. This would give me a complete set.

[6bg6ga]

Pictures of the 4595 with red/green dot scope and 3X magnifier. Also in picture the factory sights are gone and a close up of the mag well that has been modified to accept a 1911 magazine. Last a picture of a military surplus 1911 magazine modified to work in the Hi Point 4595.
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I thought I would explain why I modified the carbines mag well and the 1911 clip.

At the time I did this the loacal gun shops didn't have any magagines for the Hi Power 4595 and they still do not have any higher capacity magazines for it as of my last check saturday the 20th. I have a number of 1911 surplus magazines that I had purchased 20+ years ago that I didn't need. When I asked recently about the purchase of a 14 or 15 round magazine I was told they don't work well. My thought was well let me be the judge on that after I leave the mag loaded for three weeks to take some of the stiffness out of the spring.

If the availability of a higher capacity is still a problem I will have no recourse but to build my own from two 1911 magazines with the help of the bandsaw and sheet metal welder.

If anyone has a large capacity magazine for a 4595 that isn't working well that wishes to sell it do let me know. I will also point out that the mag well mod doesn't effect the use of the normal factory mag.

[Fishman]

I bought one of the .45 carbines used and basically stole it. The boy and I were out shooting I again yesterday and if I didn't cast and reload I'd have to take out a home equity loan to pay for the ammo. With a high cap mag or three, yikes! It is a ton of fun with the factory 8 rounders but I'd still love to get something more. I could have swore I saw factory 13 round mags in the local Academy store but it was in November and they haven't gotten any since. Kicking myself.

[6bg6ga]

I think the factory made a 14 round magazine and Pro Mag also makes one.

I can relate to shooting some ammo thru it. To be perfectly honest over the years I have owned a few rifles and an AR15 but I doubt that I ran over a box thru any of them until now. I never enjoyed target shooting with a rifle. I've changed after buying the poor mans AR15. I probably ran thru 3 or 4 boxes of ammo shooting targets for the best group using the red dot sight. Its a good thing that I cast and reload my own 45's.

[Blintersifrid]

Nope, no hi-cap magazines from Hi-Point. There have been calls on them for years to make a hi-cap mag, and they've said "no" every time.
They only make single-stack and the biggest size they make is 10 (in the 9mm handgun or 995/4095 carbines).

Anything over that is aftermarket, and those don't have a good rep, reliability-wise.

'Sifrid

[6bg6ga]

I picked up a factory mag at the the gun shop and I just ordered two large capacity mags from Midway. Generally, all you have to do with the large capacity mags is load them and keep them on the shelf for several weeks before you use them and they work fine. If not they aren't that hard to make work. The same is true for the real cheap AK mags.

[Lee]

Hi-Point says only the new model mags work in the new model carbines. Other mags will damage the gun. True? Can anybody post some CLEAR pictures and instructions on the modifications needed to make this possible??? I have seen both, and there ARE differences. I would like to know just what these supposed differences are, and if I can modify any (other) mags to fit the Hi-Points. Can't seem to find the details....
Thanks guys.

[6bg6ga]

The only thing I have heard is the mags won't hold the bolt open after the last shot. I don't see this causing damage to the bolt and or chamber but then again I could be wrong. I haven't seen any 995 mags for the 45 available so I don't know what the design is. If you have an old 1911 mag I would try to modify it and see if it will work in your gun. On my 4595 I ground the plastic in the mag well for the bottom plate of the 1911 mag to go inside the mag well. The other mod as seen on the internet is to slightly grind and weaken the tab on the sides of it. Do NOT grind thru the tab but just enough to weaken it and then bend the tab out so the mag catch inside the carbine will grasp it and hold onto it.

[6bg6ga]

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[Blintersifrid]

Lee, I know that the new style mags work just fine in the old style 995 that I have, but I do not know about the reverse.
I can tell you that the old-style 995 mag I own will cycle fine in my C9 handgun, but will not activate the LRHO. So, I marked it with a little bit of paint and moved it out of the rotation for the C9.

'Sifrid

[6bg6ga]

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[Fishman]

I talked to the Hi Point rep at the NRA national convention and he said they (Hi Point) never have been able to make a reliable hi cap magazine and likely won't pursue it any further. So I'll just have a couple more mags handy instead.

[6bg6ga]

I talked to the Hi Point rep at the NRA national convention and he said they (Hi Point) never have been able to make a reliable hi cap magazine and likely won't pursue it any further. So I'll just have a couple more mags handy instead.

They probably don't want to be bothered because all the BS concerning high capacity magazines. I also have several factory 9 round magazines and several 1911 magazines I have re-worked to function in the 4595.

I've had my 14 round magazines loaded to get the springs conditioned so to speak. I thought I would give them a try with some dummy ammunition and they didn't work. I unloaded the mags watching the action of the bullets. It would seem the cases drag at the back portion of the mag near the primer so I carefully straightened out the lips a little bit and tried it again. It now feeds anything I load into the magazine. I did it to the other mag and it works well also. I looked at the factory 9 round magazine and the angle of the lips are different on it and that is why the 9 rounders function correctly.

The 14 round mags do look good in the gun...pictures to follow...

[6bg6ga]

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Picture of the 4595 with Pro Mag 14 round magazine.

[6bg6ga]

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If you slightly straighten both lips in the portion the arrow points to the magazine will function. In playing with the magazine the angle is too harsh and causes the bullet to nose down and jam.

[6bg6ga]

Shoots flawlessly with the 14 round clips after the slight modification to the lips as I pointed out in a prior post. This is really a fun gun to shoot. Its a poor mans AR15 and since it reload for 45acp its a no brainer.

[Prospector Howard]

I picked up a 9mm awhile back slightly used and for a good price, the only problem is after about 3 months and about a thousand rounds through it; the bolt face on the breach bolt started pushing back. This caused the rails on each side of the slot where the bolt retainer slides to bend in and down causing all kinds of problems. I sent it back to Hi Point for repair. Has anyone else experienced this issue and did Hi Point come through on fixing it like their warranty says? I sent it back about 3 weeks ago and haven't heard anything from them yet, it's still early on though.

[6bg6ga]

UPDATE

The little carbine still works fine and is a blast to shoot. Works fine with any lead I feed thru it

[161]

I need to get mine out again. I don't remember if I posted or not but I traded the 45 for a 40. Just because I have more 40 brass.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I picked up a old style 40 carbine a few years ago...still unfired.
I just like the looks of it

[6bg6ga]

I need to get mine out again. I don't remember if I posted or not but I traded the 45 for a 40. Just because I have more 40 brass.

I have a few K of 40 cal brass and was thinking about another carbine only in 40 cal this time.

How does yours shoot?

[161]

Haven't shot it a lot but we did shoot 18 inch round steel at 200 yard one day. 10X10 inch steel never miss at 100 yards. The 200 yard shooting was with factory FMJ Remington ammo. Shoots as well as the 45 did I guess. I need to get it back out.

[ipijohn]

Haven't shot it a lot but we did shoot 18 inch round steel at 200 yard one day. 10X10 inch steel never miss at 100 yards. The 200 yard shooting was with factory FMJ Remington ammo. Shoots as well as the 45 did I guess. I need to get it back out.

My 9 MM will hit a 10" X 10" steel plate every shot shooting a NOE 125 grn HP over 4.2 grns of HP 38. The red dot is sighted in at 25 yards, for 100 yards I put the red dot on the bottom edge of the plate.

[161]

If I remember right @200 yards I held 3 feet high.

[GT27]

I also have the 9mm,and the 45 carbine,absolute best customer service in the business,fun,reliable,accurate,and priced for the workin' man!

[6bg6ga]

Does anyone make any aftermarket trigger parts for the 4595? Or is there a magic fex for that unbareable trigger pull. Its about 9 lbs + 1/4" of creep.