They are trying to blow up this Hi Point

torture tests like this are entertaining.  mostly useless to gleen a whole heck of alot from, but entertaining, just the same.

i tend to put more value on a firearm's reputation based on a long standing body of work rather then try to read to much into a 10 minute video clips.  regardless of the handgun being tortured.  but i'll certainly watch.  kinda fun seeing people misuse handguns with no consequence.  i'd never treat my own stuff that poorly.

plus, by the end of the video, that gunsandammo guy actually found a way to make a hi point look good.  ok, that was a cheap shot.  lol.

one thing i gotta say for ya, you are one loyal son-of-a-gun.  so muchso i'm starting to think you might be on hi point's payroll.  you aren't an employee, are ya (tongue in cheek)?

enjoy your gun.

talk to ya later.

k

you're sick of it, huh?  well, you buy from the discount rack, you also buy the reputation that follows those products home with ya.  something you'll just have to deal with.  you don't buy low end tasco and try to convince folks you're getting leupold quality.  folks just aren't going to listen.  and rightly so.

k

"I just bought a Target Tasco Scope 10x40X 50MM with a target dot"

you had to sell a gun to buy a $145 10-40x tasco?  bummer, dude.

i consider myself neither a gun snob nor a basher of tasco scopes.  someone seated a little more in reality then fantasy, maybe.  but not a basher of tasco.  i don't think you can really be considered a tasco basher if you have owned and currently own several of them.  1 generic 4-16x40mm that came with my savage .223 package bought years ago.  similar quality along the lines of the low end target model you just picked up.  a utilitarian type scope.  does nothing great.  the scope was immediately removed and sat for a couple years until my .17hmr was purchased. not much is required of this scope on this rifle, which is about all i'd want to ask of it. it's performed well in this VERY low stress, low impact type of environment.  i have 2 discountinued exp models. these were the ones with the oval objective bell and were mostly an experiment (or curiousity). i had a 3-9x ride on my .270 for a couple years. i used it successfully hunting and it handled that level of recoil just fine. a good enough scope but i replaced it because the adjusting turrets were exposed. no covers.  a feature i never new about until i had the scope in hand. you had to be very careful with it. any bumping around in the truck or accidental knock against a leg, brush or something would unknowingly change my zero and i got tired of having to be so careful with it. i doubt i'll mount it on a rifle again because of this single, ill-conceived feature. the other exp is a 1.5-5x model that worked on my .307. it handled this recoil level fine. it's adjustments were concealed with caps, so better thinking went into it then the 3-9x. but it has been replaced with better glass, too.  both available for sale if you need a couple more lower end scopes, for anything.  these next tasco's are what i consider the top end of tasco quality over the years.  i have 1 custom shop 8-40x56 that did most of its work on my old 7mmrum. a great scope. a big, heavy scope.  japanese made before they switched the line over to china made and let quality to bye-bye. it's what was used getting into vha's 500 and 1000 yrd. shooting clubs. it later served on a .243 for 500 - 700 yd. varminting and now sits, waiting for a new home.  way to much magnification for the ranges of the .243.  1 super sniper fixed 20x42mm. this is the scope now on my revamped 7mmrum rifle. i'm not even sure it's still considered a tasco product as the make originally was but we'll list it as such, cause i'm not sure.  a very nice scope.  clear.  bright.  it's my long range varminting scope, now.  serving very nice in this roll.  finally, 2 titan models. in my opinion, these were / are one of the best made tasco's they ever put together. another experiment, of sorts, as i'd never known anyone who'd used them before i made my purchases. a 1.25-4.5x28mm has been on my #1 .416remmag since the rifle was purchased. it's handled two load developments and range practice without batting an eye. the other has become a very special scope to me. it's a 3-12x52mm with mil dot reticle that went on the .280ai build, using my grandfathers old springfield action. it's been on several exotic hunting trips and used alot during the general big game season up here in mt. to say i love the scope, would be an understatement.

so see.  i've worked plenty with tasco.  while they're out there, the list of "good" tasco scopes is short.  the list of "great" tasco scopes is even shorter.

i've not worked with either the henry product.  i've not personally heard the negativity surrounding this product like i have that follows the hi-point brand.  take that for what you will.

"I guess my two Marlin Bolt Action model 80s that I own are not good guns because they were not 500 dollar guns."

they're not even $200 guns, jh.  and no, i wouldn't say they're not good guns.  my hmr's a marlin bolt.  a good gun.  a sub-$200 gun.  works fine.  functions well.  has killed loads of varmints from gophers to badgers.  again, i've not heard the negativity swirl around marlin that would even come close to what you'd hear about hi-point.  again, take that for what it's worth.

k