I recently puchased a new 9mm to add to my collection. I bought a Stoeger Cougar 8000. You may know that this gun used to be manufactured by Beretta, and was called the Beretta Cougar 8000. However, Stoeger Industries is now manufacturing the Cougar line of pistols in Turkey. What I bought is actually a clone of the Beretta Cougar 8000, and it sells for about half what they did when Beretta marketed them. The only differences I know of are that the name "Stoeger" is rolled onto the barrel instead of Beretta, and the guys who assembled this gun speak Turkish rather than Italian.
If you aren't familiar with them, here's a link that shows you something about them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SU5t8Hyuek&NR=1
Friends, in short, I am LOVING this thing! It is the sweetest nine I've ever fired and I just can't get enough of it. It is one of only two guns being currently manufactured that has that wonderful rotating barrel technology. This process eats up a lot of the felt recoil, and makes the gun an absolute joy to shoot. The other of the two guns that incorporates this unusual design feature is the Beretta Px4 Storm.
If there is anyone out there in the San Antonio area who has a Px4 Storm, either full-size or compact, who would let me tag along to the range with you and shoot a few rounds, I'll treat you to lunch and pay the range fee. I'm enjoying this Stoeger so much that my next gun will likely be the Px4, or the "little brother" version of it. But I would sure like to fire one first. I'm sure you know what I mean. If you are interested, please drop me a PM. Thanks!
For the record, the Px4 SubCompact has the more commonly known "tilting barrel" rather than the rotating barrel. (Probably because it's a lot smaller than the full-sized version.)
Amistad
If you aren't familiar with them, here's a link that shows you something about them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SU5t8Hyuek&NR=1
Friends, in short, I am LOVING this thing! It is the sweetest nine I've ever fired and I just can't get enough of it. It is one of only two guns being currently manufactured that has that wonderful rotating barrel technology. This process eats up a lot of the felt recoil, and makes the gun an absolute joy to shoot. The other of the two guns that incorporates this unusual design feature is the Beretta Px4 Storm.
If there is anyone out there in the San Antonio area who has a Px4 Storm, either full-size or compact, who would let me tag along to the range with you and shoot a few rounds, I'll treat you to lunch and pay the range fee. I'm enjoying this Stoeger so much that my next gun will likely be the Px4, or the "little brother" version of it. But I would sure like to fire one first. I'm sure you know what I mean. If you are interested, please drop me a PM. Thanks!
For the record, the Px4 SubCompact has the more commonly known "tilting barrel" rather than the rotating barrel. (Probably because it's a lot smaller than the full-sized version.)
Amistad