01-01-2012, 02:57 AM
VASCAR2 Wrote:When you brought up the Stoeger Cougar the first thing that came to mind was a Beretta Cougar model 8080 IIRC. I looked at the Stoeger web site and also looked on gun broker and the Beretta Cougar and and Stoeger Cougar are Clones. Stoeger is an importer who used to import Llama pistols from Spain and I bet Stoeger worked out a deal to bring the Cougar into the USA since it was a weak seller for Beretta. You can probably find a used Beretta Cougar for a fair price. A local PD used to issue the Beretta Cougar and it was the only dept that I ever knew that issued that pistol. They were reliable pistols put just a tad large especially for concealed carry.
Actually, I believe Beretta and Stoeger are owned by the same company. As I understand it, Beretta discontinued the Cougar under the Baretta name in favor of the PX4 Storm, and instead just moved production of the Cougar to Stoeger where it is manufactured in Turkey. Otherwise, I believe it's the same gun as the older Baretta. It takes the same magazines.
I think the Bersas are Sig clones.