Hi-Point 1095TS Range Review

[Kwesi]

I posted this in the HP carbine forum.
My wife gave me a Hi-Point 1095TS for my birthday. I've never owned or fired any of their pistols or carbines prior to this. I've never owned a gun this inexpensive ($331 delivered) but all the reviews were great. I'm a 10mm guy and want to develop a good feral hog load, if possible, accurate out to 75-100 yards.

My FFL ( indoor range) said to come get her. Hi-Point tech told me it was not necessary to clean & lube first so I went straight on the range. They also said to fire 300-500 rounds BEFORE using +P.

All my loads were 180gr FMJ Precision Delta:

Power Pistol 8.1-8.3 -100 rounds
PP 8.3-8.4 - 22 rounds
PP 8.4-8.5 - 100 rounds
Blue Dot 10.5 - 53 rounds
800X 8.7 - 50 rounds

I had just one FTF on round 119 with the nose on the feed ramp! I loaded & fired as fast as I could.

The cheek pad was not tacky as others have posted.

I stripped and cleaned her last night & it was filthy. I also removed the sights & installed a Mueller Quick Shot RDS and my HK vertical grip. Sorry but I haven't had time to take a photo.

Lastly I like the look of this Carbine so call me crazy.

[Kwesi]

Heads up: I had 2 parts fall on my bench when cleaning:
#32 Sear pin
#35 Counter weight pivot pin

I'm not that mechanical. None of the YT videos took the parts out. I finally found that the pivot pin had to go under the sear pin then insert the #31 Sear cam.

[The_Shadow]

Thanks for the report Kwesi!   

[Kwesi]

Just glad I can contribute.  I mounted a Leupold VX-R 1x4x20. Note: my range officer fired all the rounds at the 50 years target because he is a better shot! Note: I worked up this load and it performed safely IN my guns. Do your own workups! My load for this test:

14.0 grains of AA#9
Each charge trickled and weighed: RCBS Charemaster
Check weights used to verify RCBS scale
Starline Virgin Brass ( not Nickel )
Win LPP
Hornandy 180 XTP
COAL: 1.249-1.251
WEATHER: 75* Sunny and windy

I had no doubt that this load would be very accurate @50 yards but did not know what it would do at 100 yards. Note Hornady states the maximum velocity for the 180 XTP is 1450 FPS. I expected about a 140 velocity gain out of the HP 1095TS.



My RO was not able to move with me to the 100 yard target so you'll get my results. No doubt his would have been tighter. Note: this was an existing target that I used. I only fired the 5 shots in green.


I must say that I'm happy with all 5 hits knowing I can improve with practice. I believe all are going to work well on the hogs....I hope

Chrono results:

Ave 1547.48
High 1599.84
Low 1511.6
Ext Spread 88.25
Std Dev 28.41

The 180's were smokin. My guess was 1550 - 1600 based on my pistol results and HP's results that they've posted. I don't exactly understand why the Ext Spr and the Std Dev were not much lower. Any thoughts?

BTW: Hornandy's max velocity that they recommend for the 180 XTP is 1450. I would be careful to consider that before shooting thru a suppressor. Hornady thinks their might be a possible jacket separation. That said none of them did (unsuppressed) and did NOT keyhole.

[Azrckcrawler]

Impressive results.  If you get a chance can you weigh the bolt? Going to try anything heavier? Would love to know if this thing could handle 200-220gr loads. 

[Reddog81]

Regarding the high extreme spread - Buffalo Bore has a section on their 10mm ammo page that mentions the use of high power ammo might cause premature unlocking of the breechface allowing the pressure to drop before the bullet leaves the barrel.   I wonder if this is possible with the Hi Point straight blow back design?   I would guess so...

I picked up a 4595 last week and was equally impressed with mine.   I've only put 50 rounds through it so far but I'm already contemplating getting a 1095 which is why I was perusing these threads.

[Kenk]

Sure would think so, unless I'm missing something

[Kwesi]

Impressive results.  If you get a chance can you weigh the bolt? Going to try anything heavier? Would love to know if this thing could handle 200-220gr loads.

Yes.  I plan to test 200 gr XTP's.