Recent content by Scratchshooter40

Holster for a Stoeger Cougar 9mm You will find that most holsters for the Beretta 96/92 series will work for the Stoeger Cougar. I use my Gould and Goodrich Yaqui slide for mine all the time and we have a local holster maker here who makes a generic belt slide holster that works for almost any...

92FS not that good? What are your "friends" basing this on? I have carried a Beretta 96 FS for years now and have shot over 12K rounds of .40 S&W through the weapon. I bought a 92FS to shoot more with less expensive ammo. It has a little over 6K rounds through it without a single mishap. I...

Definetly a 39 It is a S&W Model 39. As pointed out, curved backstrap, rear scallop on grip for pin access, sights are right. They issued them to us around 1976 in the blued finish.

Gunclip Depot For spare mags, try Gunclip Depot for the best prices I have found. I have several for my Stoeger Cougar and they work flawlessly. As to an extended slide release, I am not sure what is available, don't need one, but David Olhasso would be the first choice for a supplier if he...

.40 s&w I'd vote for .40 S&W for defense and 9mm if you are going to shoot a lot. Ammo cost is a very real consideration. If the weapon fits you well, then the .40 is not going to foul out due to recoil. The 9mm will be noticably less recoil though. I have a Beretta 92FS and a 96FS that are...

Beretta as Seal food I am a former Marine and have been shooting a Beretta 96 as a principal weapon and have a ton of rounds, full service rounds through the weapon with no failure of the locking block or slide issues. We have to qualify with carry rounds every quarter, no WWB which I shoot...

Like you state in your video, keep your finger off the trigger! To cause the "defect" occur in normal use, I cannot imagine a responsible gun handler who is setting up for condition 1, EVER putting their finger in the trigger guard, much less on the trigger prior to engaging the safety, that is...

.40 S&W for Home defense I don't know how populated an area you live in. I live in a fairly nice apartment community that is gated and has in residence over 20 members of local law enforcement in addition to myself. I use Federal Hydrashok 135 gr. JHP as I have conducted a few experiments...

FNP cost The FNP40 DASA was $435.00 from Clyde Armory in Athens. Great gun and great deal. They have it in the 9 mm as well. Great folks there. Kevin was a good deal of help.

Just a little prop . . . . I keep a .45 ACP case, .40 S&W case, and 9x19mm case stacked one inside the other with me when starting a student on handguns. It gives them a perspective of caliber relational sizing. I also keep unfired FMJ bullets for reference for shooters starting out. I also...

+1 on the Stoeger Cougar I have a Cougar in .40 S&W and it's super. The same weapon is available in 9x19mm and would also be a lot of fun to shoot. It is a great weapon for the money and I trust mine completely. I use it as a truck gun and BUG when on duty. It might be a little big in that...

+2 on the FNP 40 DASA I only had one glitch with the FNP 40 DASA. It wouldn't feed the PMC Starfire well at all. It feeds everything else I have ever thrown at it without a hitch. Don't know why it did that but had FTF on every third round. That was in the first 50 rounds through the weapon...

Surface rust and humidity Take the advice to avoid foam lined cases, even those from the factory. You can get dessicant packs easily and once a month put them in the oven at 150° for about 4 hours to "reset". At least that's what my dessicant device recommends. I keep the Berettas in their...

Best alloy frame? Well it's a matter of personal choice. For me it's the Beretta 92/96 which I carry CCW. Following that as the best "bang for the buck" would be the Stoeger Cougar 8000 in either 9mm or .40 S&W. I keep a Cougar as a "truck gun" and a BUG. Grip angle and controls are the same...

Revolvers I carry and generally personally use a Beretta 96 (out of 13 handguns I own). It is what I am most comfortable with. I have three S&W revolvers for use when I teach a handgun course to women. They seem to adapt more readily to revolvers when there is a physical limitation in...