My review of the Beretta U22 NEOS

The Beretta U22 NEOS is one of the nicest looking handguns I've ever held. It's a very ergonomic design and light. Mine has the 6 inch barrel and blued finish and has a very smooth trigger pull. With a 10 round magazine it will hold enough rounds for whatever target you're aiming at.

I found the recoil very light and the sights a little hard to see at the indoor pistol range. The rear sight is adjustable with a white outline around the notch. The front sight was the problem for me as it was a solid black. That made it hard for me to see the sight against a dark target. I fixed that problem by painting the front sight white so it's a higher visibility sight now. I can align my sights easier and actually hit the target.

I've no complaints about this pistol it's a very good target pistol and I myself need more practice with it and luckily since it's a .22 ammo isn't very expensive. It's not rated for magnum rounds and I paid around $230 for mine at a local gun show. It's smooth, light, comfortable pistol and well worth the price. I'd give it 5 out of 5 stars.

My impression of the Hi-Point C-9 9mm handgun.

At the beginning of the year 2011 I was determined to put my life in order and to start purchasing firearms. I've always been interested in shooting and have enjoyed the sport my whole life. I was saving up for a 9mm handgun and had my eye on the Ruger P95. Unfortunately life had other plans. I had a health scare and had to pay medical bills thereby wiping out what I saved for the Ruger.

I did a little online research and came across Hi-Point. I've never heard of them and had to question if they really made a 9mm handgun for under $200. They do. I read the online reviews and came to the conclusion that owners of the Hi-Point liked or loved them and the haters never even fired one. Well since there have been home invasions not to far from where I live I thought it be prudent to purchase it since it only cost me around $170 after taxes and a cleaning kit and other accessories.

First off I was a little surprised at the weight. It is a heavy pistol, especially for a compact. It weighs in at 29 ounces with a 3.5 inch barrel. It has heft. I liked that. The extra weight keeps recoil down and allows for faster sight realignment. The pistol is the C-9 and it comes with a trigger lock, an extra rear ghost ring sight, the instruction manual and a lifetime warranty and a single 8 round magazine. It has a three dot sight system and the rear sight is adjustable. A 10 round magazine is available for it as well. It's also +P rated. Not bad I thought.

I tried this pistol out at an indoor range and put about 100 rounds of Winchester FMJ target rounds through it. The pistol had failure to feed jams at least every once in every magazine, twice in one fully loaded magazine. It would sometimes strip the round off the magazine and the slide would slam that round vertically in the chamber. Not a good start. Well Hi-Point is aware of the FTF problem and tells it customers to bend the feed lips on the magazines. There is a diagram on a BBS to show you.

In the summer around June the pistol developed a problem with the firing pin not striking hard enough to set off the primer. I sent the pistol back to the company and got it back in about two weeks. After taking it out to the range last Saturday it worked flawlessly. I bent the magazine feed lips and this pistol works the way it supposed to.

The accuracy of the pistol itself is good. It's limited by the shooter and it's a compact pistol so don't expect great accuracy especially at longer ranges. I bought this pistol in Febuary of 2011 and it's now October and I've put over 1600 rounds through it. I like it but it's not great. This is really an instance of getting what you pay for. It'll do it's job and nothing more. I consider this pistol to be a good beginner's pistol or for someone on a budget. If you're willing to work on it to make it feed correctly then it is worth owning.

Hi-Point knows of the problems of the Failure To Feed and expects the customer to fix the magazines themselves and the fact that my particular pistol had FTF and misfire problems hold back it's true potential. The good thing is that it is cheap and it will work. It is durable and easy to clean and it is accurate. Their customer service is the greatest that I have worked with and the fact that they sent my pistol back with an extra magazine and rear sight and trigger lock is really nice. I'd have to give it 3 out of 5 stars.