Why I'm here.

I grew up in a somewhat liberal, extremely pacifist household in the equally liberal Washington state. I had some good friends who introduced me to the errors of my upbringing. Guns (any weapons really) were a forbidden topic in my house, so when I was first introduced to shooting sports I fell in love- kind of a forbidden fruit thing I think. My mother still wonders where she went so wrong.
Because of my upbringing, and my poverty in college, I am not your average gun guy. Most “gun people” buy a gun and it stays in the family, passed on through generations when the owner goes to their heavenly reward. I, on the other hand, go through guns like they were work pants. I get bored, or I look too close, or I shoot them till I don’t like them anymore. Over the past five years I have bought, shot, and sold or traded More than 50 firearms. Along the way I have learned TONS, established opinions, and had a great time. Now some will ask, “Why” ? It all comes down to a deal I made with my incredibly beautiful, and patient wife. When we were first engaged we talked about lots of important things in great detail, and one of those was firearms. She knew I liked guns and enjoyed shooting (though at the time neither of us had any idea how big this would become). She was worried about having hundreds of guns strewn everywhere around the house. We set a four gun limit at any given time. Over the years that deal has been revisited and modified, but the rule made me sell a gun before I could get a new one. It also has led me to play with a ton of platforms and a ton of accessories. This review blog is based on the experience gathered along the way. I have also figured out how to self-fund my gun addiction. In our house “gun money” is a separate entity, though I have on occasion used it to spoil my wife. “Gun money” is money made from a gun sale that is used for buying another gun or ammo. (Gun money also magically accumulates when I let my wife pick our sons names). Guns have become a real investment to mee, they hold their value very well. I have made a lot of additional “gun money” along the way. My addiction started with a $550 initial investment and has grown to around $15,000 in guns, and around $8000 in ammo (though little of that is left) in the course of five years.

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The high point carbine. (9mm parabelum)  

I was in college and was a poor student, but I wanted a new toy anyway. Most of us have been there. I knew I wanted a semi auto rifle. Other than that I had no idea what to get.  I was now living in Utah and at the time the local online classifieds allowed guns to be sold on the website. So I started browsing, and came across a hideously ugly little carbine. Though I thought it ugly it was in budget ($200) so we met up money changed hands and it was mine. I know it was not a nice gun but I was young and dumb and thought it cool, and when something is cool you spend money on it. So I got an ATI stock and an ncstar 3x9 scope for it and then a laser sight. With it all dressed up we were ready for the range. In a word it cycled. That is about all I can say. The ati stock was much cooler looking and much more ergonomic than the factory pos, but it supports the gun much worse than the factory stock and as such accuracy falls. The scope was an absolute worthless pile of poop that wouldn’t hold zero for anything (even with the insanely low recoil of the 9mm, in a 16 inch barrel) and the laser site could only be seen at night and as such was almost imposable to sight in, it also ate batteries like an 80’s boom box. As I said I was young and more stupid back then, at the time I liked it a lot. I even convinced a friend to get one, which he did, but he saw the error of his ways much sooner than I. I sold it because the ten round mags depressed me. It seemed like every time I was starting to really have fun shooting it the mag ran dry and it was time to reload. This was the last gun I bought with my bank account.

THE GOOD:
 Highpoints work great, mine was very reliable.
 I loved the warrantee. I never used it but it gave my impoverished mind some peace.
 The ATI stock is a huge improvement in ergonomics.
THE BAD:
The ati stock made it less accurate, not that it was great to start.
 10 rounds per mag is not enough and pro mag 15 round mags didn’t work in mine.
Ncstar scopes are garbage.
FINAL THOUGHTS:

 This is the perfect gun for your 16 year old. It’s cheap, works, and he/she in unlikely to out shoot you.


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