Just this week, a man I used to work for gave me a Hi-Point 995. He told me the red dot was broke (he'd broken the knobs off), but otherwise it worked fine. He'd bought it used from one of the NCOs at work who claimed to have fired about 400 rds through it. The guy who gave it to me had put about a thousand through it.

I took it to the gunsmith for a full inspection & cleaning since I know nothing about a 995. Well, they told me the gun had probably never been cleaned. The carbon buildup was so thick, "it was peeling like paint."

They got it all cleaned up, put a new red dot on it and I took it to the range today for the first time. Had a blast. It's the first red dot I've ever used, first optic for that matter.

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USAF 1981 - 2001