Hi-Point Firearms likely didn’t foresee the outcome of their poll when they allowed user submitted names. Yet one name won by a landslide.
The YEET CANNON or YCG1 (generation 1) earned it’s name due to Hi-Point’s reputation for making economical firearms. The joke being that the gun is so cheap that after one would use it they could just throw it and buy a new one.
Hi-Point gets a lot of disrespect for producing budget arms, yet their handguns are shockingly reliable.
Their founder made the company after being aggravated that the price of firearms grew more and more out of the budget of the blue-collar working man, and sought to change that
For our audience who aren’t native English speakers who are up to date on slang. “Yeet: to throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction”
Yes this is an official production model, not a limited run.
Also for reference MSRP on one is ~$215 USD pistols that come from more established and renown brands like Glock tend to be closer to $500 USD.
I swear to fucking god, when I’m ready for another handgun, I’m going into the local gun store and spect asking for the yeet cannon.
The guy that owns it isn’t your stereotypical gun store owner, but he’s a bit of a dick in other ways, and I dearly want to see his face when I do it and then tell him I’m serious.
I’ve actually shot one of these a few times and it handles very well. Accuracy isn’t perfect, but at typical handgun ranges, you aren’t going to be disgusted at the grouping. It’s just a tad heavy in a less than ideal balance (imo, some folks like that). If I wanted another tack driver, I’d get a target pistol, not a relatively disposable and easily concealable piece.