Crixus
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Like any other CQB carbine this is for close-in shooting like urban.For gun hobbyists, not a political discussion of gun control.
My latest acquisition for hog/sport shooting: A Hi-Point .45 carbine.
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I bought my wife the 9mm version and saw this one in the gun store last week while looking at wheel guns. It was the .45 caliber that attracted me. Accurate out to 100 yards for hunting, 200+ for self defense.
Looking forward to shooting it.
Not very good for longer range like the 5.56x45 or even the 7.62x39.
Definitely not appropriate for hogs or any other animals.
Main advantage is that one kind of ammo -- the 45ACP -- will work in it and also in a pistol. That's a good point.
My primary pistol is a 45ACP and my primary carbine is a 5.56x45 however.
The toughness of hogs is way over blown. Most of the stories you hear about hogs soaking up led and eating children are BS printed by gun rag editers who are recounting their latest canned hunt. That and 90% of those who shoot pigs don know where to shoot them, thus they shoot them 10 times in the guts with a .416 Rigby yes gawk in amazement as the hog runs off into the woods.
For the carbine, you will come to love the holosight on your carbine. You and your best half will notice after lots of shooting that y'all are getting "fast". If you plan on recovering the hogs you shoot, stick with the 230 gr ball ammo. Honestly, that will take care of 90% of every thing y'all shoot. For the 9mm same thing. Just shoot them right. If you wanted some performance, the Remington Golden Saber bonded 185gr+P is pretty dang good out of a carbine. In the 9mm, just about any primo ammo works great. The vaunted 9BPLE+ Comes apart from a carbine in my experience. YMMV, but the +Pnstuff shoots really good in carbines. May look into stiffer springs if you shoot allot of heavy (+P stuff). High point carbon me is an awesome carbine. I prefer the Marlin Camp Carbine. So wish they would bring them back and make them to accept Glock mags.