Stoeger Cougar proper way to have chambered for..

first_timer

March 13, 2007 04:44

I'm new to pistols, but am familiar with a number of rifles and shotguns I've had.

I just bought a 9mm Stoeger Cougar 8000, DA/SA. And love the way it shoots at the range.

My question is: What is the proper/best way to keep it loaded/chambered(cocked?) by my bed for home protection/defence,... and for concealed carrying(I'll be getting my license in about a week).

Thanks

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  IAMACLONE_2

  March 13, 2007 05:23

  Cocked & Locked like a Glock
  1 round in the chamber ready to go, only if no kids.
  When you leave put it in the safe where it belongs.
  Pull the trigger it goes bang.
  Be freaking careful.

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  first_timer

  March 13, 2007 05:28

  Yes, no kids around.
  
  wouldn't keeping it cocked all the time be bad for firing pin spring?

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  IAMACLONE_2

  March 13, 2007 05:52

  Always clear the weapon for safety.
  
  Start off and use the "DECOCKER Lever" to decock the hammer to the down resting postion.
  
  Double action:
  The hammer is down.
  First round in chamber is in double action mode.
  Meaning the hammer is at rest (down), until you "fully pull the trigger or hammer back" then the trigger on the same pull releases the hammer to hit the firing pin.
  
  Single action:
  Round in chamber, hammer is back, pulling trigger releases hammer to hit the firing pin.
  
  Always leave the gun in "decocked postion"!!!!!
  Thats why its a DA/SA pistol.
  
  Please read the owners manual, there is important info in there.

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  first_timer

  March 13, 2007 06:16

  Thanks IAMACLONE_2,
  I have read it and will again.
  Thank you for the simple explanation.
  
  I was confused a little when you said "cocked and loaded". I was wanting to keep it loaded with a round chambered, but not constantly cocked.
  
  Thanks

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  PC800

  March 13, 2007 07:33

  "Cocked and locked" really only applies to single action semis like the 1911, not to Glocks. A Cocked and locked 1911 means that a round has been chambered, the hammer is cocked back, and the thumb safety is locked on. Since Glocks do not have an external hammer or thumb safety, they can't be "Cocked and locked".
  
  As for your Stoeger: it has a slide mounted thumb safety, correct? Does the safety also act as a decocker?
  
  You should keep it ready for self defense and carry thus: round chambered, hammer down, safety on. If the safety acts as a decocker also, then you chamber a round, decock the hammer using the safety/decocker, then set the safety to on. The reason you should put the safety on is so that you get into the habit of taking it off every time you draw the gun. That way you will automatically take the safety off if you need the gun for self defense. Personally, I do not carry any gun with a safety, just for that reason, so I don't have to mess with it.

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  Sperry

  March 13, 2007 07:47

  Again, from another person:
  
  I'd never leave that gun cocked. The whole reason my "go to" handgun might be DA/SA is to have the DA trigger pull, and not the make-believe DA trigger pull of a gun without a second-strike, like the Glock or the Kahr [both fine guns, but not the same as a true DA].
  
  You get DA on the first shot [or cock it if the situation calls for it], and Sa on the follow-up shots. The DA might feel grippy at first, but that is what breaking-it-in is for.

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