Anyone heard of this before?

[marv]

After leaving the Owensboro gun show today I went ahead down to Whittaker's and bought a handgun. We were cussing and discussing the need for shipping. Then the guy says that we could call my FFL and have him FAX them a letter appointing me his courier. I could then take the gun to him myself for transfer. We tried but my FFL was home and didn't have access to FAX. Darn the luck. BTW, the gun I bought was a HiPoint. Let the flames begin.

 

[rockhopper46038]

That DOES suck. If you hadn't needed to pay shipping, you could've used that money to buy another HiPoint.

 

[gvsugod]

That DOES suck. If you hadn't needed to pay shipping, you could've used that money to buy another HiPoint.

Haha. Better be careful, he may throw the HiPoint at you. Since, you know, I wouldnt trust it to shoot.

 

[hbarnett1]

Haha. Better be careful, he may throw the HiPoint at you. Since, you know, I wouldnt trust it to shoot.

That's true,those High Points can be dangerous if you drop one on your toe.

 

[Goodcat]

I used one today to hammer in a loose nail. It worked well, why does everyone complain?
Sorry I have a stupid comment and no legit answer but I'm curious.

 

[mike8170]

My sisters last boyfriend bought her a high point, I bought her a Springfield XD. Who was the better man?

 

[MikeDVB]

I take it High Points are low quality/crap? Or is this all missing a whole lot of purple?

 

[BlueEagle]

They're generally a very budget-minded firearm. They're ugly as sin, and twice as heavy on your belt....but the general consensus is that they go bang when you pull the trigger, and function very well as blunt force weapons in addition to their ballistic capabilities.

Bottom line, if you're dirt floor poor and need a defensive handgun, there isn't much else, (new, at least,) in that price range.

 

[MikeDVB]

Ah ok, I thought my XDm was cheap... Well... Compared to my Sig. I didn't even *look* at any High Points.

 

[superjoe76]

Why did you need to ship it?

 

[DialTone301]

I had a dealer tell me of doing this...it just didn't sound quite right to me.

 

[LPMan59]

My sisters last boyfriend bought her a high point, I bought her a Springfield XD. Who was the better man?

did she put out for you?

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

You'll hear a lot of crap about HP's. I don't have one, but I've seen. They're ugly, non-ergonomic, bad to strip, and cheaply made, but their warranty seems to be awesome, and I saw a couple of guys try to destroy two of them. They were pretty frustrated. Imagine driving a threaded screw into the barrel, firing it, then still being able to put bullets on paper afterward. The videos are on youtube somewhere. It was astounding.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Why did you need to ship it?

Out of state purchase if he is from Indiana

 

[mrortega]

I bought a pistol at the Great Eastern in Louisville a few years ago and the dealer, whom I had met at a few gun shows in Indiana sometime earlier, let me walk it to a FFL in New Albany to do the transfer. I got the feeling that what he was letting me do wasn't actually kosher but I wanted to take the gun home that day and it worked out.

As far as Indiana residents, at least in the Evansville area, buying from Whittakers the guy who does the transfers in Evansville drives to Whittakers every Saturday late afternoon and picks up all the pistols sold that he'll be transferring. He charges $25 dollars for the whole deal. You pay Ky sales tax when you pay Whittakers for the gun.

The best deal going is to order a gun from Bud's Guns (budsgunshop.com) and he ships it to the same guy here to do the transfer. You don't pay any sales tax and I understand they ship pretty fast.