[bigrebnc1861]

I will not lie, I had AN issue with it. FTF. Just about every other round. I didn't have much time to spend at the range , because the grand kids were in So I will take it back to the range and try it again. It may have been my fault, or because I just took it out of the box or maybe because I took the dow rod out of the feed tube and didn't set the spring back in place just right. That's why I am willing to give it another try.

 

[adam11082]

Did you clean it before you shot it?

 

[Zer0DazE]

Did you clean it before you shot it?

Sounds like a gun coated with packing/shipping grease. You can't just take it out of the box and start shooting.

 

[bigrebnc1861]

Did you clean it before you shot it?

No I didn't, haven't had that much free time. But if that was the reason I will give it a good cleaning

 

[bigrebnc1861]

Did you clean it before you shot it?

Sounds like a gun coated with packing/shipping grease. You can't just take it out of the box and start shooting.

Sure you can, I took all my Hi Points from the box to the range, had no issues with any of them.

 

[adam11082]

Then you got lucky. I hate it when people come up here and start complaining about their brand new guns not working properly, and they haven't even bothered to take it apart and clean it.

I picked up a used 870 slug gun yetsterday. It was perfectly clean when I got it. I spent over an hour tearing it down and cleaning it, even though it didn't need it.

 

[Silicon Wolverine]

new guns HAVE to be cleaned before use. many have a thick layer of storage/shipping grease inside and out. this has to be removed before the gun will operate properly. this is especiually so on guns from overseas.

SW

 

[bigrebnc1861]

I know I have been very bad, I sentence myself to a week of cleaning detail. After the grand kids leave.

 

[wade]

I think it would be an excellent opportunity to teach the grandkids how to clean a shotgun.

 

[Zer0DazE]

I think it would be an excellent opportunity to teach the grandkids how to clean a shotgun.

Also remind them they should clean them before taking them to the range.

Your hi-point also had packing grease, and metal flakes from manufacturing in it.

These are assembly line pieces, not 1 off gunsmith specials. There isn't a guy cleaning them before packing them.