45 acp Carbine gets it done!

[jcren]

First season to deer hunt with my 45 acp hi-point (have taken several pigs with it) and she worked like a champ! Not a huge deer, but double lung hit from 35 yards and he dropped in 50 or so yards. Eat right up to the hole, no blood shot meat!320490
Lee 200 rf powdercoated and loaded over reddot to around 1050fps. Turns out you don't need a meat hammer cannon to hunt with!

[hc18flyer]

Nice shootin! And 'NO', if you are careful about your shot placement, you don't need a mega-super magnum for whitetail. You're in for some good eating! hc18flyer

[Hickok]

Atta' boy!

Great hunt!

[cwtebay]

That's pretty cool! Great job!
I've never thought of a HiPoint carbine as a hunting set up, but looks efficient!

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[Tatume]

Congratulations on good hunting and good shooting. Shot placement is always the key to success!

[45workhorse]

I'd by a Hi point, IF they would take a Glock magazine.
Nooo, they ain't pretty but they run.
It would make a good truck gun.

Nice shootin!

[cwtebay]

I've got an old Hi Point 9mm carbine with a 90's tasco 3x9 that I keep in the calving shed. It's accounted for a whole lot of vermin. Never malfunctions. I know they're capable weapons!

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[HWooldridge]

Kudoes - both on the deer and caliber choice!

[Rapier]

Very good deer and good shot placement.

[versa-06]

I purchased a 40 S&W & like it pretty well. Need to put a scope on it due to my Old Eyes.

[Shawlerbrook]

Congratulations !! After decades of mostly bowhunting, weapons like that are just fine for deer hunting as long as you are hunting and not just shooting.

[skeettx]

45ACP is King :)

[Texas by God]

Nice!
Send a pic to Hi point- they’ll love it.


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[G W Wade]

45ACP is King :)

Yup, slow and fat can get the job done! GW

[cwtebay]

I've thought about your post all day. I have struggled with my semi auto carbines in pistol calibers as far as loads go; even after using "PCC Carbine" data. I am often disappointed when using standard pistol loadings in the longer barrel length as well.
How did you determine your load for that 200gr pill? I am impressed with the performance and would enjoy hearing more about your load development if possible.

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[stubshaft]

Great shot with a great caliber.

[barnetmill]

That's pretty cool! Great job!
I've never thought of a HiPoint carbine as a hunting set up, but looks efficient!

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some of the local weres buying the 10 mm hipoint for use on hogs. I do not know how well they worked. Trigger leave a lot to be desired, but they will do the deed. Remember at one time the 32-20 was considered an adequate hunting round in the usa.

[Abert Rim]

I wouldn't be caught dead with one of their handguns, but the darn carbines get some pretty good reviews. Great to see you put yours to such good use!
I got a kick out of James Reeves' take on it in this TFB Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=083T0UmYmG0

[jcren]

I've thought about your post all day. I have struggled with my semi auto carbines in pistol calibers as far as loads go; even after using "PCC Carbine" data. I am often disappointed when using standard pistol loadings in the longer barrel length as well.
How did you determine your load for that 200gr pill? I am impressed with the performance and would enjoy hearing more about your load development if possible.

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No real load load development to be honest. When I first got the hi-point I was working up loads and trying to hotrod it. Got the 200 grain pills up to 1350fps with blue dot when the slide speeds gets high enough for the sear to bounce and pop off double or triple taps and accuracy goes south, maybe due to slipping the shallow pistol style rifling. One night the outside dog was fussing and I took it out with my basic pistol and accuracy load of red dot expecting the usual opossum or 'dillo, but ran into a large hog just outsids the yard. Figured why not, so took the 70'ish yard shot, spined him and he dropped. Shot him again to stop the squealing.
Long story short, both shots were clean pass throughs on a close to 200 pound hog, high shoulder and in the back out the chest.
After that I decided I didn't need to hotrod it and just stick to my trusty accuracy load. All my deer stands are set up for bow hunting, so short range, and the last time I shot a deer with a 30-06 from one of those I wasted most of the shoulder.

[Tatume]

Brian Pierce published an article in "Handloader Magazine" about the 45 Colt cartridge. In it he described shooting an elk with a 250 gr cast bullet at 800 fps from a revolver. The broadside shot passed completely through and the elk was recovered nearby. To each his own, but I've always gotten satisfaction from getting close to game animals when I hunt.

[jcren]

Pic from a hog I shot with it last year. Just a hi-point with all the extras stripped off and a red dot sight. Did convert it to take 1911 mags so I can pack a spare or 2 and cover both carbine and pistol. Shot in the neck and he just layed down. Shattered the vertebrae and exited.
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[cwlongshot]

I have used my Marlin Camp Carbine a number of times to great success!

[Finster101]

Pic from a hog I shot with it last year. Just a hi-point with all the extras stripped off and a red dot sight. Did convert it to take 1911 mags so I can pack a spare or 2 and cover both carbine and pistol. Shot in the neck and he just layed down. Shattered the vertebrae and exited.
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How did you do the conversion to take Colt mags? I f you want to start another thread that would be great so I don't start a hijack of this one.

[barnetmill]

How did you do the conversion to take Colt mags? I f you want to start another thread that would be great so I don't start a hijack of this one.
I have 9mm 995 carbine, but for that gun there is no really advantage to converting it to another single column mag. I do have a hipoint .45 caliber pistol, but again no real advantage since it uses a 9 round mag already.

[Finster101]

I have 9mm 995 carbine, but for that gun there is no really advantage to converting it to another single column mag. I do have a hipoint .45 caliber pistol, but again no real advantage since it uses a 9 round mag already.

In .45 would be nice to use Colt mags just so they match my side arm. There is the advantage.

[cwtebay]

In .45 would be nice to use Colt mags just so they match my side arm. There is the advantage.The obvious answer is that you should be carrying a Hi Point sidearm!!!

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[lar45]

Excellent job, nice deer.

[nidrab]

Congratulations!

[cwtebay]

Good point!

[Abert Rim]

I'm curious about the 1911 magazine conversion too.

[Outer Rondacker]

Good job. I would love to own a HiPoint carbine in all calibers but I live in NYS and Hipoint rifles are on the ban list.

[jcren]

I'm curious about the 1911 magazine conversion too.


https://thingmeister.com/products/1911-conversion-kit-for-hipoint-45acp-only
Just stumbled across this one day, not my own creation but works well.

[jeffsmith13]

I’ve been thinking of getting a HiPoint carbine in 45 with a threaded barrel . I have a 1911 with a threaded barrel and a 45 suppressor. I’m interested in the mag conversion, if that works I might just jump in and buy one. Good shooting and thanks for the post.

[jdgabbard]

The one gun I truly regret having gotten rid of was a Hi-Point Carbine in 10mm.

It was a cheap, flimsy, ***. But it was very accurate, and the 10mm is nothing to shrug off. If I knew then what I know now, I would have kept that rifle.

[EMC45]

I've sat a few times in my stand with my Marlin Camp45 with a mag of 230gr. HydraShocks. It would've been plenty.

[Woodbridge 30-30]

Very cool!... have to love those rounds from 100+ years ago!