Stoeger Cougar Barrel

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Hi everyone! I have been looking around for a spare barrel for my Stoeger Cougar but haven't found any. I make a habit of buying an extra barrel or two just in case, but am beginning to wonder if anyone even sells them at all :confused:
Also, since both the Cougar (technically a Beretta) and the PX4 both have the rotating barrel, are they interchangeable? I mean it seems unlikely, but I've never seen the barrel of the PX4. Thanks for reading!
 
Hello and Welcome. What has helped me decide which parts may fit, is doing an image search on google and comparing the different pix. When you find a pix that clearly depicts the parts in question, if you hover over it, you can decide based on the text if the associated page may have your information.

Also, Brownell's is a terrific resource, not only for the part, but they have pistol schematics and you would have the ability to cross reference the part numbers. Brownell's also has a Q and A for many of their parts and a review.

Sorry I can't help you specifically, but these methods have helped me in the past. Someone here may have the answer though. BTW I was just looking at the Stoeger at my LGS. Nice gun.

Good luck and enjoy the site!!!

Rich
 
I am quite sure that the PX4 barrel won't work in a Cougar.

Both Brownells and Numrich show Cougar barrels as "sold out" for all calibers.

I suspect you would need to find someone parting out a Cougar to find a replacement barrel, either on ebay, or gunbroker, or the like.
 
As far as I recollect, the Stoeger is the same gun as the Beretta Cougar. Pretty sure a replacement barrel for the Beretta Cougar will drop right in the Stoeger.
 
As far as I recollect, the Stoeger is the same gun as the Beretta Cougar. Pretty sure a replacement barrel for the Beretta Cougar will drop right in the Stoeger.
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That is true but the Beretta Cougars have been out of production for a pretty long time and you aren't any more likely to run into one of those than you are a Stoeger barrel. Probably less likely, since most Beretta Cougar owners tend to hang on to their pistols.
 
At one time I owned both the Stoeger Cougar and the Px4. The barrels are not the same. There were lots of little changes in shape and angles.

The second replaced the first in my smallish weapons arsenal. I just liked the Px4 trigger pull better. But the Cougar was a fine gun.

Bart Noir
 
I've had one barrel fail on a gun, ever. I had a squib, followed by another shot on my first Dan Wesson 15-2. A new barrel was like $25 and I was shooting in 5 minutes. Other than that, and it was my fault, I don't see the point. I do have springs for almost all my guns though, they don't cost much and have been a great help when buying used guns, especially old ones.
 
Spare parts always seems like a good idea, but I, too, was wondering if extra barrels would actually matter at the time they were needed.
They would seem more like something one would use well after the fact.
Wonder how many barrels are actually drop in.
I never ran across one yet, and would want to inspect any gun that suddenly needed one very, very closely before shooting it again.
Unless someone is pulling the trigger faster than their brain works (very much not recommended), it's hard to understand the damaging of a barrel due to a squib load, though.
Although I have witnessed a few, and a quick fix with a new barrel would definitely not have helped.
A weak round that would result in a bullet actually stuck in the barrel should be evident shouldn't it?
I've had a few squibs, as most everyone who reloads probably has, but didn't pull the trigger again.
When your centerfire pistol suddenly acts like a .22, wouldn't that be a clear indication to STOP?
Seems like.
It's easier to understand gun damage from the opposite problem - an overloaded round.
Oops, ouch, too late.
Just a thought.
 
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