/k/ - Weapons

>>334332

They're fine. The aftermarket mags void your warranty though.

Alternatively, you could just not be a faggot and get a shotgun instead of a rifle.

>>334332

Hi-Point carbines are pretty solid guns. I know you want to share bullets with your hand guns, but getting one chambered in .40 Shitty&Weak really draws out the potential of the round with the longer barrel.

also glawk .40 meme

I'm told Kel-Tec makes some solid pistol-round carbines. The Sub-2000 comes to mind. It's nice and compact, can fold the stock and stuff it in a laptop back, should you need to.

>>334376

Why would someone even bother making aftermarket problem solva mags?

>>334399

>expensive

>rare

>wind-up mag has problems

>sight on mag

>jams all the time

Nah.

OP get a CAL, a 5.56 FAL.

>>334412

>expensive

>rare

>get a CAL

Are you havin a laff

They aren't that bad, but if you really want a 9mm carbine, get a Lel-Kek Sub 2k instead of a problem solva' carbine. The only real problem with that is how hard it is to find a sub 2k in 9mm.

>>334376

Its got something to do with the top of the mag fucking up the mechanism. Theyre decent guns, as far as hi-points go.

>>334399

you must be of kiddings comrade

>>334376

Just use modded 1911 mags, apparently they make the guns run near flawlessly.

>ctrl+f

>no "Scorpion Evo"

You guys are ghey.

>>334332

Decent gun by all accounts other than the single stack magazine. I'm not sure how I feel about using the firing pin as the extractor though.

If you want a solid 9mm semi-auto carbine I would suggest the Cx4 Beretta Storm. I have shot the Cx4 and the Hi-Point 9mm carbine and I think the Cx4 is better because it is easy to handle and doesn't fling unused gunpowder into your face.

Why the fuck aint there more 10mm carbines? Seriously, am I the only one who'd get an M1 Carbine in 10mm?

>>334616

People don't understand the 10mm. I was thinking of a Glock 20, 10mm in a RONI shell. Might have to do a AOW application, but still looking into it.

I don't know…. remember it's not a rifle round. For 9mm luger especially, the diminishing returns are REAL. After six inches of barrel it's basically useless to increase because the pleasure doesn't improve that much. After twelve inches the energy growth curve is basically flat and she doesn't much of anything extra at all.

Hi Point 9mm have sixteen inch barrels only because it's illegal in some places to have less, my advice is either buy hot loads or shorter barrel, whichever is more legal. Although if your pistol can't use hot loads, you might as well get a different caliber carbine ffs…

>>334608

I second the berretta carbine, you will like it. You already said you were considering a berretta for the sidearm, i believe one of thier pistols shares mags with the carbine.

I've seen some poorfag threads

BUT THIS?!

>>334616

There isn't a carbine upper for the Glawk 20?

>>334412

None of that is true

>>335155

Pistol caliber carbines are fun bro. Unless they're that PoS M1 Carbine that takes Beretta mags.

You couldn't pay me enough to shill for that thing.

I've always wondered why 9mm/.45cal carbines never took off. Must are ugly as man-ass and the really cool ones never sold well or were too expensive for most to actually own.

As for Hi-Point, it seems like they intentionally make their guns ugly so they don't get banned.

>>335275

If I recall the Marlin camp carbine in .45 tended to beat itself to death, no clue on the 9x19 one though.

>>334399

>suggesting calico

>ever

>>334399

>>334412

>>335257

>>335809

>>334448

I actually have 2 Calicos. One's a wood stocked .22 rifle and the other is a 9mm with a collapsible stock. I'll be honest, they're not great. The placement of the 100 rnd mag relative to the rear sight on the .22 makes getting a sight picture difficult, it can be done but it's not comfortable for me with a sight that low to the default cheek rest. The 9mm stock has a tendency to collapse when firing and rounds like to misfeed by getting stuck on the ejector pin when that happens. I've never gotten through a whole 100 rnd mag on the 9mm without a misfeed or the stock sliding in. Also, they use a rubber buffer plate that will get hard over time so that's a part you'll want to have a few extras for when the current one wears out.

I may get a 9mm pistol someday, I think that's the form factor where the concept will really shine but I know it will never be a practical carry gun, it just wasn't ever designed for that application. It was meant to be a police weapon, FA capability with a magazine that makes that practical. It's a real shame that it never took off in that market. C'est la vie.

I'll never get rid of my Calicos and in spite of their problems they are fun guns when they're working right and an interesting concept that was sadly not fully realized. I think the 9mm models could have been significantly improved if the mags were placed over the barrel and fed to the rear of the weapon like a P90 but that would have been impossible with the .22 models. If you're a collector like me you should get one for the weirdness and stick to the fixed stock or pistol versions but if you want a practical rifle you're probably better off with something like an SKS or a cheap blowback 9mm.