Finally Got To Shoot My New C-9 And What A Disaster!

You are so right on that one.

 

Depends. How far can you accurately shoot a pistol?

 

I initially zero all of my pistols at 7 yards, right out of the box, because it accounts for any egregious errors in sight settings from the factory. That zero, for all of my .45 pistols, including my 45 JHP, is good for a 25-meter point of aim equalling a 25-meter point of impact.

 

I had some weird problems with my .380 when I got it (used). I could barely get shots on the paper. I kept feeling like either:
1) I had somehow lost the ability to shoot.
Or
2) There was a sight issue.

Finally I ordered a laser boresight. When I loaded it into the gun I discovered that the rear sights on my .380 had been damaged somehow and the gun was indeed firing 2-3 feet low and to the left at 15 ft. Got me a Mahan sight (had been kicking around the idea anyway) and now my Hi-Point shoots like it should. I don't care for the design of the stock HP sights, the rear sight rides on a spring and along with the plastic body there is little to keep the rear sight from moving under just about any pressure, the Mahan sight is positive contact in all directions and made from aluminum. Much more reliable in my (admittedly un-expert) opinion.

Not saying this is your issue, but your problems sound similar to the ones I had.

 

Let us know what happens with your new sight.

 

Thats progress Gene.
Do you have snap caps, I had two mags that gave me fits till I was able to use the snap caps to get the problem located and see if it was fixed.

The Mahan site rocks just don't over tightened, I do this often, and have some loctite.

Good luck.

 

No problem Gene, truth be told it was Tip a fellow HP member gave out on another thread.

Here's hoping you come back from the range with a sore trigger finger and some hole-e targets

 

www.mahansights.com a must for your hi point pistol. I have one on each of mine and they shoot dead on

 

++++++ to the mahan sights. i also did a muzzle crown which tighened my pattern from 6 inches to 3 inches.

I also did a triger job (C9) and lowered my pull for m a gritty 8 lbs to a smooth as silk 4.5lbs.


If you do this and mess it up, MOM (Hi-Point) will likely NOT help on this. It would
likely be considered a failed modification, not a broken or faulty part.
Proceed at your own risk!!!! YMMV Have faith that you can get these parts if you mess
them up.

Use caution in maintaining 90 degree faces on the area you will polish
in step 4. If you get this angle wrong, the two surfaces will have a tendancy
to slip off each other instead of working with each other. This too can be fixed
if you get it wrong, but rather safe than sorry.

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/Hi-Point-33293/ModelC9-43171.htm

The following steps WILL soften your trigger and remove MUCH of the friction
in the HP C9 (and other) pistols.

http://www.hi-pointfirearms.net/manuals/C-9_CF380.pdf

1. Remove slide
2. Remove right side grip panel.
Note. Inspect/find the place on your pistol where the triger assembly (part 18)
has a "step" cut in it. That "step" engages (part 11) the sear cam. Where the two parts
come together, there is a LOT of friction on the powder coat/paint.
3. Drive out the pin that your trigger pivots on and is held in place by.
4. Using a fine whetstone, slowly polish the notch on the trigger assembly bar
and on the sear cam where they meet. (I gently took mine down to bare metal and left
a mirror smooth surface by polishing with 2000 grit wet/dry) DO NOT REMOVE METAL OR CHANGE THE ANGLE!!!
YOU ARE ONLY SMOOTHING TO REDUCE FRICTION!!! You are primarilysmoothing the contact areas between parts
11 and 17 http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/Hi-Point-33293/ModelC9-43171.htm

Removal of this factory coating will change the way these parts mate by several thousanths,
and lighten the trigger.
5. Just ahead (towards the trigger) of the "step" in the trigger assembly bar is a place
where the inside of the right side grip panel rubs. This introduces much of the gritty feel
in the trigger. I used 2000 grit wet/dry sand paper to significantly smooth this friction area.
The photo below shows the newly polished, bright area instead of black powder coated.
http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n532/exisp/testing/TriggerMod1.jpg
6. Re-assemble and enjoy!!!

Now!!!! Before anyone starts tweaking mag lips, load them FULL and let them sit for 2 weeks!!!! Stock, the mag springs are VERY stiiff and will cause feed problems. IN MOST CASES, you do NOT need to polish the feed ramp or tweak the lips on the mags.

 

Gene is this some kind of tease?
Dying to know how the new sights and the range trip went.

I'm going thursday finally after two weeks of uplanned events stopped me.
Going to dirty up my C-9.

 

My C9 sometimes will not fully slide the shell in...sometimes you have to push the slide forward 1/2 inch to seat the next shell so you can fire again. Any Ideas? the C9 I use is WICKED accurate - folks at my range are seriously impressed with the groups no matter who is firing it.

Tore the gun down as far as you can and lubed EVERYTHING but will try this Thursday to see if that fixes it.. And yes the C9 I use does not like Winchester White Box but eats everything else.

 

Sorry to hear that Gene and Family does trump Range Time.
Good luck with both.