Squat Squad, this one is a look back to SHOT Show 2023 in Las Vegas (the video went up in February 2023). We stopped by the Hi-Point Firearms booth with one question: where is the YC9, the pistol everybody calls the “Yeet Cannon”? Dave from Hi-Point gave us a straight answer on that, and then showed us something we didn’t expect: Hi-Point’s first 10mm handgun, the JXP10.
Quick note: this is a short booth walkthrough at SHOT Show 2023, not a SlavGuns range test and evaluation. We handled the guns at the booth; we didn’t shoot either one for this video.
TL;DR
- YC9 status in January 2023: not out yet and not ready, but in Dave’s words “crazy close,” with a target of later in 2023.
- YC9 features: threaded barrel standard, replaceable front sight, new serrated slide, optics ready, a real Picatinny rail, ambidextrous magazine release, a new manual safety and takedown lever, a grip safety and a 10-round flush-fit “stack and a half” magazine.
- JXP10: Hi-Point’s first 10mm handgun, built on the same size frame as its .40 and .45 pistols but with YC9 styling.
- JXP10 details: threaded barrel standard, red dot ready through the rear sight, legit Picatinny rail, re-textured grips, single-stack magazine shared with the Hi-Point 10mm carbine.
- Shipping: the first JXP10 batches had already started shipping around SHOT Show week.
So where was the Yeet Cannon?
Dave didn’t dodge it. Right up front he told us the YC9 was not out yet and not ready, and he wanted to make that very clear. But he also said it was close, “crazy close.” The magazines were done and the remaining work was on the internals. Externally, though, what we were looking at was the full-blown gun.
Here’s what Hi-Point had on the YC9 at the booth:
- Threaded barrel as standard.
- Replaceable front sight.
- New slide design with serrations.
- Optics ready out of the box.
- A new frame with an actual Picatinny rail.
- Ambidextrous magazine release.
- A newer manual safety and takedown lever.
- A grip safety, which replaces the old drop safety approach on earlier Hi-Points.
- A palm swell on the grip.
- A 10-round flush-fit magazine that Dave described as a “stack and a half.”
Back then the plan was “sometime later this year,” and Dave stressed that the YC9 was still meant to stay in Hi-Point’s budget lane. Fast forward to today and the YC9 has made it onto store shelves (you can find it at the retailer linked below), so the wait did end.
The surprise: JXP10, Hi-Point’s first 10mm handgun
The biggest news at the booth was actually the JXP10. Dave told us people had been asking Hi-Point for a 10mm handgun for years. They already made .40 and .45 pistols on the same size frame, so a 10mm was doable. Instead of just making another copy of the .40 and .45, they gave it the styling of the YC9.
What that means on the JXP10:
- Same style slide as the YC9, with the serrations, the front sight and the rear sight.
- Threaded barrel standard. Dave said he still calls it the “YC10” by accident, because that’s the name he wanted.
- A legit Picatinny rail. The older Hi-Points used a proprietary rail that only took a few things. Now you can mount a SureFire, a Streamlight or whatever light you want.
- Re-textured grips. The old ones were known for being slick and slippery, so they added more texture.
- Single-stack magazine that is the same magazine used in Hi-Point’s 10mm carbine, so if you already own the carbine, you’ve got mag compatibility.
Dave also mentioned that Hi-Point would probably release a non-threaded version later on for states that still get weird about threaded barrels, so more people can get one in their hands.
Red dot ready, two ways
This was the coolest part for me. Because the JXP10 shares the same rear sight plane as the YC9, it’s optics ready: pull the rear sight and mount an optic in its place. Hi-Point showed two ways to do it:
- A Picatinny rail mount in the rear sight slot, shown with what looked like a FastFire on top.
- A direct mount with a Shield RMS-style footprint, shown with a Crimson Trace red dot.
Those mounts were set to come out with the JXP10.
My take
Hi-Point has always been the brand people joke about, and the YC9 and JXP10 are clearly Hi-Point’s answer to that: threaded barrels, real rails, optics options, better texture and better controls, while staying in the budget lane. The JXP10 felt nice in the hand and I was looking forward to shooting it, but again, this was a booth look, not a range test. If you want a 10mm on a budget and already run the Hi-Point carbine, the shared magazine is a real bonus. For more from the same show, check out our look at Versacarry’s holsters at SHOT Show 2023, and for another 10mm handgun angle, see PSA’s latest handguns, including its 10mm.
Where to find it
- Hi-Point pistols and carbines at KYGUNCO
- Hi-Point JXP10 10mm at KYGUNCO
- Hi-Point YC9 “Yeet Cannon” 9mm at KYGUNCO
- Spare Hi-Point YC9 10-round magazine at KYGUNCO
- Crimson Trace red dot sights
- Precision rifle upgrades: Anarchy Outdoors
- Everything else I run: SlavGuns Amazon storefront
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Check the optic footprint and mount for your exact pistol before you order a red dot, and check your state and local laws on threaded barrels.
Would you grab a YC9 or a JXP10 for a budget range gun? Let me know in the comments. Thanks for reading, and keep on squatting!
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