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.
Is this really forgotten? Friends still make jokes about eventually buying one, and I remember the occasional comment about this back on Reddit
I figured I’d mix it up a bit. Typically firearms made for the civilian market get much less appreciation than say military arms, because movies and games don’t feature them.
Depending on the circles you are in, you might not have heard of it. Plus the story behind it’s name is funny.