Even though I've been a "gun owner" for 25 years, I've really only gotten into handguns about a year ago. One of my first acquisitions was a Beretta Cougar in .40. I couldn't hit the side of a barn with this gun, but attributed it to my inexperience and the inherent inaccuracy of the caliber.
Well, I went to the range this afternoon with my brother & son in law. Since I hadn't shot the Cougar in over a year, a decided to take it along. To make a long story short, the Cougar was printing all over the place. I'm talking 10" to 12" groups off hand at 10 yards. I put the same ammo in my .40 Walther P99, and shot the center out of the target. We where doing fine with an assortment of autos & wheelguns in 9mm, .40, .357 sig, .357 mag, and .44 mag, but none of us could shoot a respectable group with either my brother's 9mm Cougar, or my .40 Cougar. Of the two, the .40 was by far the worse.
Many on these boards seem to love their Cougars, so what's up with ours? Both where purchased new, both have less than 500 rounds through them, and they where not the shortest barreled guns of the group. Could it be that the three of us just don't know how to shoot this gun, or should they be going back to the factory. I can't see anything wrong with these pistols - the barrels seem to fit well, bushings are tight, etc. I'm ready to trade the gun in, but am a little concerned with putting an inaccurate POS is the hands of someone that may not discover this, until it's too late.
Well, I went to the range this afternoon with my brother & son in law. Since I hadn't shot the Cougar in over a year, a decided to take it along. To make a long story short, the Cougar was printing all over the place. I'm talking 10" to 12" groups off hand at 10 yards. I put the same ammo in my .40 Walther P99, and shot the center out of the target. We where doing fine with an assortment of autos & wheelguns in 9mm, .40, .357 sig, .357 mag, and .44 mag, but none of us could shoot a respectable group with either my brother's 9mm Cougar, or my .40 Cougar. Of the two, the .40 was by far the worse.
Many on these boards seem to love their Cougars, so what's up with ours? Both where purchased new, both have less than 500 rounds through them, and they where not the shortest barreled guns of the group. Could it be that the three of us just don't know how to shoot this gun, or should they be going back to the factory. I can't see anything wrong with these pistols - the barrels seem to fit well, bushings are tight, etc. I'm ready to trade the gun in, but am a little concerned with putting an inaccurate POS is the hands of someone that may not discover this, until it's too late.