380 question

[OWGEM]

I think I know the issue here, however I will ask anyway. A friend said she was having trouble with her handgun jaming. I said I would take a look. It is a HI-POINT Model CF380. Comparing her mag to my brother's 380 mag there is a big difference in the area inside the mag. I suspect a 9mm mag in a 380. Do you concure?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhkaiser/29969848000

 

[Small's]

Most likely the problem is that its a HI-POINT but you may have a magazine issue.

 

[tcecil88]

Certainly appears so. Have you put a 9mm cartridge in it to verify? I would have thought the magwell would not accept a 9mm, but I admit to ignorance in the design if the Hi-Point.

 

[OWGEM]

Certainly appears so. Have you put a 9mm cartridge in it to verify? I would have thought the magwell would not accept a 9mm, but I admit to ignorance in the design if the Hi-Point.

Actually I did, and the 9mm fit fine in the mag.

 

[Bennettjh]

That is a lot of mag for a .380...

Looks like a 9mm mag to me.

 

[Restroyer]

I agree. 9mm mag. Not a .380 mag

 

[pudly]

That does appear to be 9mm. It fits in a Hi-Point .380?

 

[OWGEM]

That does appear to be 9mm. It fits in a Hi-Point .380?

Yes, it fits. It's a puzzel.

 

[VERT]

I wonder if .380 hipoint mags simply put a spacer in the rear of a 9mm mag? Would make sense and allow standardization of parts. Call HiPoint or buy another .380 magazine and compare the two.

 

[OWGEM]

I wonder if .380 hipoint mags simply put a spacer in the rear of a 9mm mag? Would make sense and allow standardization of parts. Call HiPoint or buy another .380 magazine and compare the two.

No spacer see...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhkaiser/29969848000

 

[VERT]

No spacer see...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhkaiser/29969848000

Are both of those magazines out of HiPoint pistols?

 

[OWGEM]

Are both of those magazines out of HiPoint pistols?

No, top is the High-point and bottom is from my brother's 380 for comparison.

 

[VERT]

No, top is the High-point and bottom is from my brother's 380 for comparison.

HiPoint may have simply packaged the gun with the wrong magazine if the 9mm and .380 mags are the same dimensions.

 

[85Cosmo]

Its a HIPoint