Corner Pocket
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I bought a new Stoeger Cougar 8000 pistol yesterday. You might have read in a different thread that my trip to the range after I left the store with it was a bust. A real disappointment, with lots of stovepipes and FTF activity going on with it. I had read several positive reviews on this gun and I purchased it with a high degree of optimism. But I left the range with my tail really draggin', so to speak.
I did note that the gun appeared to be very dry when I examined it there at the range. So last night I gave it a thorough cleaning and also a good session of lubrication. While at it, I also dressed the feed ramp a bit with some #600 grit automotive sandpaper, and cleaned and lubed the magazine springs.
I managed to get off work early enough today to make a quick trip back to the range to see if I might have better results. I shot 150 rounds through it today, feeding it 5 different types of ammo. Two of them were factory loads, and the other three were loads that I put together myself. The bottom line ---- not a single failure in those 150 rounds! The gun shot straight, felt great, and the long and short of it is that I'm as happy as a June Bug on a watermelon rind! This Stoeger Cougar 8000 is sweet, Sweet, and SWEET! I'm so glad that I selected this one from among the possibilities! (The moral of this story: what a difference a little lubrication makes!)
Corner Pocket
'pumped, stoked, and jacked up in Texas!'
I did note that the gun appeared to be very dry when I examined it there at the range. So last night I gave it a thorough cleaning and also a good session of lubrication. While at it, I also dressed the feed ramp a bit with some #600 grit automotive sandpaper, and cleaned and lubed the magazine springs.
I managed to get off work early enough today to make a quick trip back to the range to see if I might have better results. I shot 150 rounds through it today, feeding it 5 different types of ammo. Two of them were factory loads, and the other three were loads that I put together myself. The bottom line ---- not a single failure in those 150 rounds! The gun shot straight, felt great, and the long and short of it is that I'm as happy as a June Bug on a watermelon rind! This Stoeger Cougar 8000 is sweet, Sweet, and SWEET! I'm so glad that I selected this one from among the possibilities! (The moral of this story: what a difference a little lubrication makes!)
Corner Pocket
'pumped, stoked, and jacked up in Texas!'