oscarflytyer
Well-Known Member
and $300 later I jumped off the cliff
Hi-Point 45ACP carbine
- Thread starter ChestnutLouie
- Start date
ChestnutLouie
Active Member
I put about 150 rounds through it with out any jams or missfeeds.
Once I sighted it in it shot were I pointed it. Trigger is no prize but ok considering the price. If I put my cheek on the stock where I want to, my cheek gets slapped when it fires. This will be a fun range toy.
Thanks
Francis
Once I sighted it in it shot were I pointed it. Trigger is no prize but ok considering the price. If I put my cheek on the stock where I want to, my cheek gets slapped when it fires. This will be a fun range toy.
Thanks
Francis
Ian
Notorious member
ChestnutLouie
Active Member
oscarflytyer
Well-Known Member
Shot mine today. YES hard on the cheek - especially with my high cheek bone! Dang! Gonna get a stick on stock pad.
Came home and pink loctited the charging handle. And had to run the rear sight all the way to the left to get centered at 10 yds! Gonna talk to HP about that. BUT - good news - it is cheap and feeds EVERYTHING!
it WILL feed anything. 6 diff. +P HP/HP/2 diff balls. 2 reloads - 230 cast ball/200 SWC - both pushed by 4.5 grn Bullseye (medium target load). And all in one big ragged hole at 10 yds. All same POA/POI! NOT unhappy!
If peeps don't pan out, I will prob put a cheap red dot on it.
Came home and pink loctited the charging handle. And had to run the rear sight all the way to the left to get centered at 10 yds! Gonna talk to HP about that. BUT - good news - it is cheap and feeds EVERYTHING!
it WILL feed anything. 6 diff. +P HP/HP/2 diff balls. 2 reloads - 230 cast ball/200 SWC - both pushed by 4.5 grn Bullseye (medium target load). And all in one big ragged hole at 10 yds. All same POA/POI! NOT unhappy!
If peeps don't pan out, I will prob put a cheap red dot on it.
ChestnutLouie
Active Member
I LIKE the peep sights
ChestnutLouie
Active Member
Ian,
Factory fmj ammo feeds without any problems and is pretty accurate, but the Lee 235g tumble lube RN shoots a few in a tight group (1" @ 25 yards) and a couple of flyers? the worst part is the case mouth gets caught on the right hand (ejection port) side. Actually tears the case. I increased the OAL to 1.265" and smoothed the feed ramp and that helped some. Might the Lee 230 TC work better?
I might smooth the right side entrance to the chamber.
what molds are you using?
Thanks
Francis
Attachments
ChestnutLouie
Active Member
I tried a slight increase in my taper crimp as I don’t want to affect headspaceing on the case mouth.
Small Improvement in today’s shooting. If you look at the profile of the round nose bullet that I am using there is a bit of a lip that’s why I asked if the truncated cone design might work better?
Ian
Notorious member
You'll never be able to crimp enough that they won't stop on the mouth, that is a wive's tale told by those who never actually tried to do it.
The one I played with didn't have any feeding issues at all with the factory magazine but didn't like the Pro-mags very well, the problem was the Pro-mag followers didn't present the nose of the bullet high enough.
The one I played with didn't have any feeding issues at all with the factory magazine but didn't like the Pro-mags very well, the problem was the Pro-mag followers didn't present the nose of the bullet high enough.
