![]() Handguns to protect themselves, but then do not really learn to use the firearm Retail firearms business back in the 1970's, I found that most people buy Most rifles and shotguns in thisĬountry are purchased for hunting most handguns are not. To destroy my family�s peaceful way of life. ItĬould be of great advantage to me in a up-close encounter with bad guys trying That is how I felt about this little Hi-Point 9mm carbine. If you have to fight your enemy up close and personal (for instance, in your home at 2:00ĪM), a little carbine that handles quickly in tight spaces can help keep you alive. The Marines found the M 1Ĭarbine very handy to use in the close quarters combat of the Pacific jungles. Not in infantry combat, were issued a carbine. Soldiers who needed a firearm to protect themselves from the enemy, but were Substitute for the (more expensive and harder to master) Model 1911 pistol. The US military introduced their M1 carbine in WW II as a Sights: Fully-adjustable iron sights scope base includedĪ carbine by nature is shorter and lighter then a regularīattle rifle.Stock: All weather polymer includes sling swivels and sling.Type: Autoloading (semi-automatic) carbine.Here are some basic specifications for the Hi-Point Model 995-B carbine. Not look like most of the other rifles or carbines on the market. Prior to going to the drawing board on this firearm. Had been watching Chuck Heston battling for his life against primates just It has a one-piece polymer (read plastic) stock and a shape that would make you think the designer (for Christmas and at first blush, it looks like a Planet of the Apes rifle, despite being made in the USA. My wife the Colonel got me a new Hi-Point Model 995, 9mm carbine However, they still looked like apes made 30 caliber carbines and put some very chunky wood on the old Army carbineĪctions to make them look futuristic. In fact, the Hollywood props people took old US military M1, Slapped some wood around a metal barrel and called it a gun. The carbine the gorillas carried looked like a monkey At one point in the movie, Heston�s character stated that theĪpes were not sophisticated enough to develop and manufacture something as In the 1968 Charlton Heston movie the Planet of the Apes, the gorillas were the soldiers of the ape race.ĭo you remember the carbine they used? The one with which they kept trying to Illustration courtesy of Hi-Point Firearms. ![]() Planet of the Apes Gun: Hi-Point 995-B 9x19mm Carbineīy Major Van Harl, USAF Ret. ![]()
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