Ruger 9mm rifle series#

At least subconsciously, we couldn’t help but expect more from the Ruger product, considering it cost more than twice what the Hi-Point did. The price of the PC9 is, in our opinion, more in line with what one should expect to pay for a well-made firearm. But there are rare exceptions, and the Hi-Point turned out to be one of them. We have come to learn that in nearly every case, what you don’t pay for you don’t get. In fact, the ultra-low price of the Hi-Point put us on guard. On the subject of price, the Hi-Point product is cheaper than nearly any pistol or revolver you can find - even less expensive than some of Hi-Point’s other firearms. Best traits: The PC9 and the Hi-Point are inexpensive to shoot - firepower to the people, as it were. Instead, they are best used as plinking or self-defense pieces, in our estimation. Its profile is of a classic rifle punctuated by a long, narrow magazine hanging just ahead of the trigger guard.īut our test weapons were not specifically designed for military or police use.

The Ruger, on the other hand, closely resembles a military rifle from the 1940s. The Hi-Point cuts the figure of the type of machine pistol one envisions in the hands of SWAT or Special Forces.

Ruger 9mm rifle series#

The two short rifles in question are in fact the $575 Ruger PC9, which operates from magazines common to Ruger’s P85-95 series pistols, and Hi-Point’s 9mm Carbine, $199. Without actually seeing the subjects of this month’s test, we imagined these two 9mm carbines as being a poor man’s AR-15, or perhaps an MP5.