How to Clean Your Hi-Point C-9

The Hi-Point C9 is a budget-priced, semi-automatic handgun that fires 9 mm Luger ammunition. It is built on a DuPont polymer frame, with a Zamak zinc-and-aluminum alloy slide.The single-action C9 has an eight-round magazine capacity, and comes standard with three-dot sights. Barrel length is 3 1/2 inches, and overall length is 6 3/4 inches. Hi-Point recommends bore cleaning after every 500 to 600 rounds, and disassembly and cleaning after every 1,500 to 2,000 rounds.

Things You'll Need

  • 1/8 inch metal punch
  • Gun cleaning patches
  • Gun cleaning solvent
  • Gun cleaning oil
  • Gun cleaning rod
  • Gun cleaning brush
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Instructions

  1. Disassembly

    • 1

      Move the slide all the way back. Expose the slide-retainer pin in the rear of the frame beneath the slide.

    • 2

      Lock the slide in the open position. Move the safety switch upward, into the slide notch.

    • 3

      Push out the slide-retainer pin out with a 1/8-inch pin-punch.

    • 4

      Disengage the safety switch, and close the slide.

    • 5

      Push the slide back while simultaneously pulling it up. This pops the slide out of the track.

    • 6

      Move the slide forward, and off the frame of the handgun.

    • 7

      Turn the slide over. Remove the recoil spring and spring guide from the slide.

    • 8

      Remove the firing pin -- and firing-pin springs -- from the firing-pin well in the slide.

    Cleaning

    • 9

      Attach a 9 mm bore-bristle-brush -- wetted with gun-cleaning solvent -- to the end of a cleaning rod. Brush the barrel several times.

    • 10

      Attach a gun-cleaning patch -- wetted with gun-cleaning solvent -- to the end of a cleaning rod. Swab the bore of the C9 -- using several wet patches -- until the patches come out clean. Swab the bore once more with a clean, dry patch.

    • 11

      Clean residue from the rails and other internal surfaces of the slide; use a gun-cleaning patch wetted with solvent. Clean the recoil spring and spring guide.

    • 12

      Clean the firing pin -- and firing-pin springs -- with a gun-cleaning patch wet with solvent. Brush the firing pin to remove deposits.

    Lubrication

    • 13

      Attach a gun-cleaning patch -- lightly wetted with gun oil -- to the cleaning rod. Swab the bore one time.

    • 14

      Coat the slide rails, recoil spring, spring guide, firing pin and springs with a light coat of gun oil.

    • 15

      Wipe the external surfaces of the slide with a gun-cleaning patch lightly wetted with gun oil.

    • 16

      Reassemble the handgun.