Jimenez Arms JA9 vs. Hi Point C9

i have never shot the jiminez, but i hav ehandled one. I must say the trigger pull is terrible. stick with the hi point. you'll thank me for it later.

 

I've been playing with some FEG PA-63 surplus pistols. If you're looking for something lighter than the Hi-Point, I'd check one of these out. Copy of a Walther PP with lightweight frame, 21 oz. empty; ammo is the same price (a bit cheaper here) as .380 but 10% more powerful. And, contrary to what you've heard, I've got one that feeds hollow points 100%. For around $100

The JA9, unlike the Hi Point, has a pretty bad rep for dependability.

 

HPs are your best shot. No pun intended.
They are a better gun with a better Warranty.

Best of both worlds.

 

I didn't know you had a degree in engineering.
Mr Saturday Night Special

 

Love hipoint but +1 on the PA-63 too.

 

Mr Saturday Night special

 

OUCH!!!!!

 

I would go witht the hi-point. I test shot a lot of different .380. My all time favorite is the Fémáru Fegyver .380. I was made in Hungary during WWII. But I really like the hi-point CF380.

 

Jimenez Arms was formed in 2004 by Paul Jimenez, the former foreman at Bryco Arms. Bryco had filed for bankruptcy in the wake of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Brandon Maxfield, a boy who was paralyzed when a Bryco discharged while another boy has handling it (trying to remove the mag, if I recall).

Jimenez bought the assets of Bryco at auction and resumed production. Two years later, the California Attorney General forced the company to stop production, and Jimenez then moved the company to Nevada.

BTW, the basis of the lawsuit was that the safety design was defective, not that materials or workmanship was at fault. Current JA models do not share this safety design.

(Edit: or not. I thought I remembered that the safety was changed, but subsequent Google-poking suggests that this may not be true. Anyone else who wants to weigh in is welcome.)

 

Th C9 is the better value, but that isn't to say the JA9 is bad. Once you tame the Jimenez, it is a dependable if somewhat chuncky pistol-- but no more so than the Hi Point. I am not sure of the long term wear and tear, and on the subject of warranties-- the Jimenez isn't a quick as Ji Point, but the people I have dealt with and what I have heard, they are pretty ok-- I think they had issues moving from CA to NV, but they seem to have smoothd out.

The price isn't great, but still within the rach of people who cannot afford pricy Kimbers, Barettas, Glocks etc.

To each his own-- I don't want to have one pointed at me!!!

 

+1 Brother--

I will nver knock a person and their choice in firearms-- especially when it is based on what the weapon costs-- Never thought guys here would be gunsnobs in the Jimenez/Hi Point debate...


My JA22 was about $100 new, My RG10 was like $30-$40, and My J22 was free-- not only are theey a blast to shoot, I even carry my J22 as a BUG in my non used ashtry in my truck...

if it shoots, then you can use it...

I can tell you that I don't even like to be shot with BBs..

 

errrrr, I think the poster in question proved that he has indeed held a Jimenez pistol by posting a picture of the one he owns.

If it is actual experience that he has had a hard time with the one that he owns, then I cannot see where it is being a gun snob, its telling his own personal experience which it seems is what the guy did.

He even went as far as to say that the gun was decent when the bugs were worked out of it.

No gun snobbery there that I can see

 

I apologize for that-- I get thin skinned when it comes to firearms--

I guess it is the SNS'er in me--8*)

And I DO consider HPs SNSes-- and I mean that in the most respecful sense of the word--

So I do apologize for spouting off and calling people here gun snobs!!

 

Agreed. The fact that he owns a JA-9 suggests that he's not a snob. I don't have a JA-anything, but I like my J-22, and I've PM'd Kevin in the event that 1) he really hates it that much, and 2) he's interested in a face-to-face (we live 45 minutes apart). I'm always interested in projects