Guns are useless without ammunition. That's what you need to worry about. Buy a cap and ball revolver 🔫.

@@benfranklin3963 True. Though using cap and ball is pushing that thinking to the extreme haha.

@@benfranklin3963 Cap and ball revolvers were unavailable nearly all of last year due to Italy being shut down. There's limited availability of the firearms now. However, real black powder is nonexistent. All caps for the revolvers are nonexistent. Round balls are nonexistent. Molds for making your own round balls are nonexistent. If you didn't stock up on stuff before Rona, it's the same as trying to find supplies for any other firearm.

Well said, I can hear Barry saying this

spot on, but I would replace "going" with "gone"

Not if it jams up when you need it most. I never have shot one but I’ve seen many videos of them jamming up through regular use. Hickok 45 has a great video that shows this

Not sure if this is really a good argument... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

One down range is better then none jam or not

@@annotten7413 Any gun can jam due to many reasons. Most commonly magazines, ammo, or operator error. There are tons of videos on KZfaq running hipoints through the ringer and they just work. If all you have is $150 and you need a gun to protect yourself or your family by all means go for it. A hipoint in your hand is better than a glock on lay away.

Those things are heavy and ugly as sin but once you work it a bit, it's very reliable.

Saw that one

Edit your comment and change it to "hickok45"for the people who get confused

@@loganite7103 Well now that your comment exsists, he doesn't have to

I can only afford to get shoot 50/100 rounds a month if I’m lucky. I shoot till I have 15 left (my mag capacity) and call it a day. That’s usually $50 for range rental and ammo

@@Sheridantank why do you do that? Buy the same ammo just don’t shoot all of it

@@GunsGamesGrub Because I’m a new gun owner and would like to feel 100% competent in my ability. I’ve shot .22 revolvers and rifles and shotguns; but shooting a semi auto handgun is an entirely different thing. Especially in a “real” caliber. Plus, I enjoy shooting too much. I feel like I’m getting pretty good at it and I always think “next shots a bullseye”

@@Sheridantank don't really need bullseye's, minute of paper is perfectly acceptable

@@StatesDivided No, I NEED that bullseye lol. I’m fine having just one mag available at any time. If I ever have more income or ammo gets cheaper, I’ll get more mags and always have enough to keep those full too. I’m the same with driving, I use all the “extra” gas I have because I enjoy driving “too much”.

The value of some do go up can't fault someone that bought the gun at the right time then it doubles in value. If I buy an imported ak and then they quit importing those im not sell it for what I payed for it im gonna ask more you either take it or leave it

Selling glocks on Armslist for $800-$1000? 😂 or some beat ass SKS for 1200.

@@coreyenglish9566 its very simple though dont like the price dont buy it. Price of ammo goes up dont like it dont buy it you just won't have any ammo lol

False ill take my ass too gunbroker lol if you're buying ammo during these times you weren't prepared to begin with.

@@davidconway8588 ill throw in the extra 500 rounds for 3k sir.

This comment only lacks likes because it’s mostly teens who make fun of people and for some reason adults are scared of teens thinking they are poor.

@Mel Gibson Facts

Great little rifle! Love my Sport 2

Served it's purpose when push came to shove and Kyle Rittenhouse needed to use that exact make and model to save his life from an angry mob, that's for sure! Between the torture test and a real life scenario where it was used to defend life, I'd trust it to keep my family safe 💯!

@@brokebankfishin4839 I am poor but if SHTF, I'll take a fellow blue collar friend with a hi point and plenty of experience over a guy who's got a glock and has no clue how to even clear a jam or double feed any day!

Indeed. You'll be much happier when you stop worrying what your snobby friend thinks. I would rather have a 600 dollar ar15 with 2000 than 100 different guns with a pathetic handfull of ammo for each.

Rule # 1 is always look cool.

@@richardmendoza738 now you are thinking like a rational person and not a blind bandwagon consumer!

My $400 ATI OMNI MAXX AR15 pisses off the gun snobs at the range that pad $1200+ for their AR. I can shoot just as flat and fast and they can't stand it!

@@xDIRTYSOUTHx thats because YOU are a good shooter. something that a lot of people try to mask with "quality" products.

Me too!

You're not kidding he is truly missed. one of the reasons I started watching back in the day!

I think if he would have been around the channel might have been blocked by ftube. But yea his insight would have been great.

@@The12bclions i'm still obsessed with Wax-loads & Cut-shells. 😋

He would have said "You brought me back to this " ? He would be correct.

A Hi-Point in your pocket is better than a Glock on Lay-Away.

If not for the cheaper finds I wouldn't have gotten my foot in the door of the hobbie ..first pick up was a cobra 380 .not far from Jennings ..same blueprint ..but now after learning some things I know better ..and have invested better ..rather go berretta than glock still tho.👍🏻

The only thing ill say bad about a Jennings is that i have heard of them blowing apart in people's hand. One of the few guns i have heard of like thay

I started with model 85 Taurus revolver snub then I bought a hi point and ever since then I’ve always recommended people to buy a Taurus over hi point nothing wrong with budget guns

Same, and I'd like to see a link to them "exploding" (I know of the lawsuit where taking a round out of the chamber with the safety on can cause it to discharge as the firing pin doesn't go back far enough to catch the trigger, and, if not removed through a hole barley it'd size and pulled back far enough, the pin can hit the pruner hard enough to fire, this is easily mitigated and if the kid had been taught the 4 simplest and most important gun rules he wouldn't have paralyzed anyone as it wouldn't have been flagging anyone. There good little reliable guns, as simple as possible which is not always bad.

Nah you get it back. Unless you use it robbing a store

Unless it was repealed, Texas passed a law forbidding police from keeping your gun for more than a few days unless they planned to charge you. So if you have a legitimate self defense shooting, you will likely get your gun back, soon.

@@fnkdtnk really? Nice

What AR doesn't run steel cased ammo?

@@mattmarzula the higher end guns have tighter tolerances and wont run some ammo....

Lol my palmetto uppers are 100% relaible

@@NCrdwlf shot thousands of rounds through mine and never had one issue. I've seen high dollar rifles hang up on cheep ammo. If a gun won't cycle everything then I don't want it.

I love my Daniel defense! All day every day

.22 LR and .25 ACP have made alot of those guys wealthy in past decades.

Exactly right.

Savage. But, also true.

lol

@@joehosier6187 you know who does say that though? The guy the coroner never sees because shooting him 12 times with .22 did nothing.

The emergency, poor man or the creative man's slug.

I haven't owned a Hi Point carbine, but for what it is people attest they are typically solid. And like you said, in a dire situation it would far better than to be with something shaky.

RIP Barry, you crazy Ballester Molina carrying bastard.

Yeah he was great I would love it if they did a Barry playlist so it’s easier find all the videos he was apart of

RIP Barry, I loved that man

Rip Barry

Last night I was watching the old vids and wondered what he’d say about the stuff going on today

There's nothing wrong with the G2c. I carried one everyday until I got my P365. Before anyone makes any wise cracks, I chose to carry the G2c over my HK USP, CZ P-10C, M&P Shield, and M&P 2.0 Compact. Taurus got it right when they put the G2c on the market. It's a fine shooter.

@@RichWhiteUM If practical and reliable are considered not fancy and a little boring, I'd rather have that "boring" firearm any time.

Nothing wrong with either of those guns. Def try to pick up an ar reciever tho! They can be had pretty cheaply.

@@richardmartel1869 that’s what makes it even sweeter. I got it for 175 new after rebate

@@richardmartel1869 If you look around, you can still find them around that price up to $280. Most places have them at around $300 regular price now, which is ridiculous. That's $100 more than when I bought mine.

Yeah but no one expects a backup or two!

Some of us shoot for fun, it's not fun trying to one up your friends all the time, that's when they stop hanging out with you

@@skatehabitat711 Did you miss where I referred to them as competition shooters. And the entire point that if you’re going to carry a weapon you want to be as proficient as possible with it. Not everyone gets a trophy in a gun fight.

That was a phrase of Jeff Cooper, the man who developed modern firearm training.

It reminds me of when I was 9 years old.. I knew everything about my daisy BB rifle, capabilities, what it can do, and what I could do with it .

@@External2737 my dad was a Marine, I think Cooper was a marine too, it makes sense.

@@External2737 And the perfect 10mm.

@@sammiches6859 I shoot more 9mm than my favorite ammo store sells 10mm. Tons of people talk that cartridge, they certainly aren't shooting it. I asked the ammo store about it as I've never seen anyone shooting it on the range. Not once in decades.

Elitism is so common in the community. It's crazy. I've never seen so many people on the same side bicker and infight this much.

@@donovanchilton5817 never been to a Libertarian convention?

@@jutde Or a car meet.

The American Dream !

Sounds inviting. No wonder the 2A is going away. We won’t stick together, so the commie politicians stick it to us.

When I was in my early teens you could get mosins by the crate for less than $50 per rifle.

GOT SKS 1 CHRISTMAS FOR 40 BUCKS COMPLETE KIT AND 200 RD EAST GERMAN MIL SURP AMMO.... BOUGHT A "REMINGTOM" MOSIN FOR 50 BUCKS, A SAVAGE ENFIELD SMLE FOR 90, A 380 VERSION OF MAKAROV FOR 109( NEW UNISSUED)

That's why you need to look at classic firearms right now

If you had bought $100 worth of Microsoft stock the day the Soviet Union was dissolved, it would be worth more than $10,000 now. You'd have had a hard time getting returns like that from anything in the gun world, except registering transferable machineguns in 1986.

When Walmart was selling SKS for $100.00 and 20 round boxes of ammo for it was $1.99. I just dug up some $2.99 AK ammo, sure miss those days.

Anglers can be brutal.

I started shooting in the late 60s fell in love with it in the late 70s. I learn something from just about everybody that has handled firearms, good and bad. Show me a guy that likes to shoot and most of the time we can get along.

And every Indian at Sitting bull. 😆

Clint Smith also says, "Don't worry so much about the guy who has a bunch of guns, worry about the guy who owns only one gun, 'cause he can probably really use it"! Best to ya',,,,!

I WOULDN'T FIT ONE OF THOSE IN MY ASS IF I HAD ROOM FOR A FUCKIN TUGBOAT

@Adam Korzeniowski Kinda' think he shouts everything! He appears to be just a down to earth "real" guy!

@Big Krumpus A .380 pistol! And the way .380 ammo price soared I'd bet there's a bunch of new shooters out there that are terrible shots with them.

So AR-15 ?

It depends on how he died. The winner might be the man that helped him along his way.

I bought the wrong ammo....guess I need a new gun.

@@chrishooge3442That was a joke right? Which ammo did you buy and which gun do you own?

@@___meph___4547 I'm a retired military man, you might be shocked to know some of the things I've heard people say. That would not have made the top 10 not even close.

Now that was funny

Chad isn’t fat enough

I recently traded my AMT DAO 380 in on another firearm. It never jammed, failed to fire etc...Sure it was heavy and not cool. But it always worked. I was cash poor and wanted a Storm so said bye bye.

When he found the Hobbits at Isengard

😂🤣😅

See i herd that more at the race track cars and guns wahoo

@@joeyoung4871 😂👍🏾

True till the end of time.

But he gets looted of his gear like crows on roadkill, imma die with my glock and yall can take it off the ground and move on

@pete mitchell I'll take a Hi Point that works over anything else that doesn't.

@pete mitchell I've heard. I'll stick with my Glock but if a Hi Point is the only thing available, I'll still count my blessings that it works.

@pete mitchell I get it. Fanboys of any gun really make it difficult for anyone else to like it. I'm a Glock guy, not a Glock fanboy. There is a difference. I'm a fan of striker-fire and simplicity. Glock has those two features for a very reasonable price. I've had my Gen 3 G21 for 15 years and have had ONE malfunction, that was fixed by cleaning it. Most pistols on the market now can make a similar claim. Unlike a fanboy, I'm not going to talk bad about someone's choice, provided it works.

@pete mitchell You have to admit that 1911 fanboys are the WORST.

@@thatguy22441 I wouldn't have one as a carry pistol personally, but it is kinda fuckin amazing that pistol designed 110 years ago wins at the Bianchi cup every year.

This.

exactly.

Lol I know how ya feel man

😂

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

🤣

Chad has really changed over the years. From the shave cut quiet loner that didn't like being on camera to the memester joking hipster.

Chad found his voice

Meaning they are cheap and reliable, but yes they are like Volvos too lol.

My glock is a 5 cylinder.

I heard the Honda Accord or Toyota Camry of handguns myself before

Hi-Lux Diesel

I'm thinking it's more like the Honda because there are tons of parts and mods for it and they're so common.

Two 12s and a..?

yeah, but as civilians in america, we can choose what guns we buy. we don't have to buy a .22 pistol and say "this is all i have"

This is a bit lengthy, but bare with me; this isn't bashing anyone or any product. Just a real life scenario. Back in 2012 when I was stationed at Bolling AFB I was chatting with a naval researcher at the navy research lab (it's attached to the base in dc) we were talking guns and I told him I had an Enfield, that peaked his interest because he then told me this. Apparently that spring there was a platoon of marines that were pinned down by a half dozen insurgents armed with No 4 Mk1 Enfield rifles. The insurgents had the marines pinned down over 600 meters away volleying in .303 rounds on their position using iron sights. the marines tried returning fire but the 5.56 is really only good out to 400 meters so they were limited in what they could do, especially when the enemy had the high ground; which they did. The only way the marines made it out was due to an attack helicopter that came into save them blew up the bad guys. The researcher telling me that the military at that time was trying to figure ways to counter the enemy armed with these rifles and find a different angle on tactics when we encountered situations like this on the battlefield today when CAS may not be an option; eh sorta today now that quite some time has passed. I guess the take way from this is that, sometimes the old stuff isn't always that bad.

what do you mean by "doing just fine"? because A LOT of afghanis died using the piece of shit weapons they used. you retard-tier comment is like saying "hurr well the taliban just strapped a cannon onto a toyota pickup, why does America even bother with Abrams and Bradleys"

@@crystalrock18 That is exactly how afghans have been defending their homeland from invaders for over 500 years. They were always outnumbered and under equipped, but be it with a bow or a bolt action they had the high ground and the lay of the land.

Just fine? Not quite. But you are right.

🕯

@@johntwelvegage6430 🙏

Hi point 🤣🤣🤣

I would be offended if you shot me with a hi point have some respect lol

Imagine being the bad guy that loses a gunfight to a guy with a hi-point???

I would be really p!$$ed if somebody shot me with a Jennings or Jimenez. A HiPoint is at least a proper (and somewhat ugly) gun.

I like that. Kinda like Bruce lees quote “I don’t fear the man who practices kicking 10,000 times, I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times

@@TRAZ4004 That's actually where it came from I just changed it up a bit to fit

Epic Comment, CONGRATS 🤠👏🏻👍🏻🤝🏻

😂😂😂

woah just take it easy man - Drake bell

@@nrm3247 fair enough 😂 but in that situation I would just cut straight to "that's not safe to fire, do not fire that weapon if you don't want to risk massive bodily harm or death." Also I'd be getting farther away as I said that because I wouldn't wanna be too close when it cooks off or explodes 😂

So mosins

@@joehosier6187 Smart and wise, tell the truth without insulting.

Nah. If I see somebody with a Ras-47, I'ma tell them to get rid of it before they blow their face off.

@@BO-hh8mj Mosins explode? I've never heard that. Which is wierd because 37 million of them were built.

lot of words to just say "I buy Glock"

What if I'm larping?

Over the years I have heard that many times.

Dude 2 definitely brought a Hi Point

@@jutde Didn't know the Hood was a safe space

Dudes 3-10, go to the bar afterwards and give their best douche bag impression of Dude 1.

@@sstrongman1667 and after that, dudes 3-10 will go home and regret spending 500 dollars on some shitty AR they KNOW doesn't work properly, but pretend it does because all of their friends also have shitty 500 dollar AR's. its a massive cope, coping doesn't mean you're right.

Correction: "That's blatant micro-aggression. Excuse me while I retreat to my gun safe space."

and then you continue laughing when the gun doesn't go off when they pull the trigger. its ALMOST as if guns cost different prices for a reason.

Any suggestions for a compact 9mm?

No they don’t 😂

@@frankieolivier9039 budget?

Between 300 and 400. It's for my girlfriend she likes my g27 but we can't afford another glock just yet

@@frankieolivier9039 hmmmm. Well sometimes you can find really good used glocks and such that are in good condition. I try to shy away from ruger and Taurus cause ive had issues that have left a garbage tast in my mouth. But I would say look used. If you're really looking new you can find 43x's for 450 bucks if you can save a lil more.

Oh i love your comment lol no homo

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@appalachianexploration5714 interesting I’m gonna have to make a road trip

@@vbriagas97 have fun driving to kentucky

Variety

Same here brother, my carry ranges from a .22 short revolver to a full size 10mm Glock 21

@@ethanh3421 glock 21 is a 45 auto.

Like women.

Same

No but there was a guitar like that for me. Ernie-Ball MusicMan, Jon Petrucci's signature model. I love him and his music so I wanted that guitar.... It felt like a plastic toy when I held and played one.

P226

@@DaDaDo661 SACRILEGE!!!!

Honor Guard

yes, a S&W Sigma 380... I owned it for about 2 weeks before I could find a buyer

Man I love my PSA. Spent under $600 on it and it just runs. I don’t shoot 10,000 rds a year. I’m a weekend warrior and the PSA is perfect. Had a dude try to convince me it was going to fall apart after 100 rds. Yea it gets that much every weekend(used to before $1 a round)

Elitism/tribalism are the name of the game.

@@lesterparker1594 psa has come a long way over the years

#1 Mosin Nagant with a bayonet, gives you a 6 foot reach. #2 Sks with folding bayonet

Hi point being made of pot metal makes it a bad melee weapon the slides break easy.

If we're being real that would just become "top five guns with bayonets" lol

"Top 5 Guns That Would Make Perfect Melee Weapons"? That title isn't even well thought out. No gun makes a "perfect" melee weapon. Hell, most melee weapons don't make perfect melee weapons. There's so many factors. A Hi-Point is not going to make the top 5 melee weapons for a gun much less for any reason. It's made of a brittle zink alloy. It would make a better boat anchor than a melee weapon and a boat anchor would make a better melee weapon than a Hi-Point. Or were you just making a joke?

Your not wrong but not sure your right either... lol

Hey! That musket's Eric's EDC! lol

Give me 10 minutes to load my black powder cannon.

Pfft....a good man can load and fire 3 rounds from a Brown Bess in 60 seconds

@@MrCoyote52 Do a video. 😆

@@northeastslingshot1664 Look it up yourself, there are plenty of videos already on KZfaq. Do not underestimate a weapon just because it is the ancestor of something more modern.

Well said, and today any non American made polymer gun with a "dot" is the thing

I love my 22wmr

40 S&W is a damn good caliber. I prefer 9mm but not because it's more effective, it's not.

@@boomerisadog3899 price

@@rodroyal1779 the panic would like to have a word with you

Absolutely nothing wrong with the 40s&w, you fell pray to the (Joneses) !

lol, whats wrong with .40? I have an old smith sigma that runs great. I have a g22 and am currently looking for a g27. I also have a sub2k in 40s&w. I love all my .40's.

You can earn a lot of respect by learning and shooting your firearm well enough to ask a simple question. What can you do with your $2,500 gun that I can't do with my $300.00, $400.00, $500.00 gun? Lol, as a matter of fact, some of them will stop speaking to you.

Thabazimbi hier

Honestly wood looks a lot better than most synthetic furniture. I have a Remington 783 30-06, great gun, but I'm planning on replacing the polymer stock with some laminate wood. Those early surplus guns are some of the best guns made as well. I would rather have a M1 Garand than some of the newer rifles they come out with.

Well the guy at the range was correct. Your Bulgarian sucks in comparison. His RAS47 has the ability to take down two people simultaneously, the threat and the user.

What a dumbass

@@charisperissos1320 you had me at the start lol

@@farmninja6653 It blows my mind that century has been cranking out aks for what a decade, and they didnt make a descent one until last year. Meanwhile PSA seems to have resolved most of their issues after there gen 1 rifles. Lets hope they continue to improve because there's a strong chance imports will be banned by this administration

Ras47 is a top tier AK, guy at the range was right.

*has perfect aim but shitty gun, gun jams and fails every other shot, aim not withstanding constant malfunction, you are shot by your attacker and killed*

@@appalachianexploration5714 u dum dum

You are using aim assist

Doesn’t matter how good you aim if your gun doesn’t.

@@appalachianexploration5714 That's why you carry a cherokee tomahawk for that moment.

"Just as good!"

Hahahaha

There is nothing wrong with being poor. In fact my carry gun is sub 300 dollars.

Present 😭

Yeah poors . When it’s the rich guy at a training class or at the range with all his expensive tacticool crap and said rich guy can’t hit shit . And that poor guy that can only afford a cheap gun and a limited amount of ammunition to burn . But can hit . Who’s really poor in this situation. Buying an expensive flashy gun doesn’t make you a better shot. It just let’s you think you are . Yours truly a poor !

Don't hate. And you carry a block

Haha good one lol

It's always those assholes that can't hit the broadside of a barn. I was at the range with my gf a little while back when she wanted me to take her shooting, and this clown in the other lane had 2 glocks with a micro roni conversion kit. His target looked like he emptied a box of buckshot onto it. My gf, who is a *BEGINNER*, had way better grouping than him. It's not about the equipment. It's about the consistency.

💖

When it comes time to fight, I'd rather have an army of "kids" with "Walmart ukuleles" than a couple "Duane Allman"s with "59 burst"s.

Yep. I own 15 Caniks abd various other Turkish pistols and 2 Tri-star shotguns... theyre incredible. Id buy another 10 Caniks before I touched a SIG product.

@@DB.KOOPER that's the problem, you are literally funding the enemy when you buy products not made in america. Sig is now american manufactured.

Too bad every purchase directly funds americas enemies and Caniks dont even work in the cold lol

the canik tp9 is a Walther p99 knock off which is the best striker fire pistol, i have the tp9 sa , tp9 da, and tp9 sc

@@appalachianexploration5714 all my caniks work fine in the cold

It would be helpful for those on a tight budget.

What is it?

@@joshuagibson2520 SigPro 2022 (9mm). I own a H&K USP and several metal Sigs, but somehow the value Sig is my favorite. My second favorite is a S&W shield (1.0). The shield after 5000 rounds smooths out to take away most of the 1st generation detractions (the slide is still too stiff for some). While I don't own one, the S&W SD9VE has a reputation where the first shot fired is often into the bad guy and it works even if left in a tackle box.

Dam I wish that kind of ammo was still available. That now would cost you $50000.

@@External2737 I can't disagree with any of that.

@@External2737 "Sig sauer is too expensive" sig sp2022. *Exists*