Beretta Cougar

The Beretta Cougar (also called the 8000 series) is a line of hammer-fired, semi-automatic pistols manufactured by Beretta. The Cougar was Beretta's first ever rotating barrel design, and was intended to be a smaller alternative to the 92FS yet still suitable for duty and personal use. The design's rotating barrel allows the Cougar to have comparable low recoil to a full size Beretta 92, despite being much smaller and a few ounces lighter. The Cougar series was produced in various calibers and sizes from 1994 until 2004, when Beretta acquired Stoeger and sold the tooling and design for the Cougar to the company. Stoeger produced Cougars from 2006 to about 2017, when they were discontinued in favor of the polymer Stoeger STR line. However, the series lives on in the Beretta Px4 Storm line, which is a very similar design, albeit with a polymer frame.

The Beretta Cougar and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies:

Beretta 8000 Cougar

9mm version, available in standard 8000, 8000L with shorter grip and lightened slide, and 8000L Type P with the standard frame but lightened slide. Also available in double action/single action (F), double action only with de-cocker (G) and double action only (D) trigger configurations.

Beretta 8000 Cougar F - 9x19mm

Beretta 8000L Cougar F - 9x19mm

Beretta 8000L Cougar F Type P - 9x19mm

Specifications

(1994 - 2004)

• Type: Pistol

• Caliber(s): 9x19mm

• Weight: 1.85 lbs (0.83 kg)

• Length: 7 in (17.8 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 3.5 in (8.89 cm)

• Capacity: 15 (8000, 8000L Type P), 13 (8000L)

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto (SA/DA & DAO)

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Coldblooded	Jason Priestley	Cosmo		1995
Mission: Impossible	Tom Cruise	Ethan Hunt		1996
Parting Shots	Chris Rea	Harry Sterndale	Two-tone	1998
	Felicity Kendal	Jill Saunders	Two-tone
	Oliver Reed	Jamie Campbell-Stewart	Two-tone, suppressed
Ripley's Game	René Lay	A gangster	With fake sound suppressor	2002
Blade: Trinity	Callum Keith Rennie	Asher Talos		2004
Be Cool	Debi Mazar	Marla		2005
Firewall	Paul Bettany	Bill Cox		2006
	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	Liam
Butterfly on a Wheel	Pierce Brosnan	Tom Ryan		2007
Vice	Daryl Hannah	Salt		2006
Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main)			Seen in illegal weapon store	2010
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol		Bodyguard		2011
Go Fast	Frédéric Épaud	Wilfrid		2009
American Heist	Hayden Christensen	James Kelly	8000F version	2014
Once Upon a Time in Venice	Bruce Willis	Steve Ford		2017
Wrath of Man	Jason Statham	Patrick "H" Hill	w/suppressor	2021
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special	Tinashe Kajese	Officer Fitzgibbon	Airsoft	2022

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Californication	Addison Timlin	Sasha Bingham	Episode: "Lights, Camera, Asshole" (S04E08)	2007 - 2014
The Day of the Triffids (2009)	Joely Richardson	Jo Playton		2009
Fringe		shape shifter		2008-2012
Dexter	Jennifer Carpenter	Det. Debrah Morgan
Sanctuary	Agam Darshi	Kate Freelander
Justified - Season 5	John Kapelos	Picker	HFC M800 airsoft pistol; "A Murder of Crows" (S5E01)	2014
Banshee - Season 3	Wilson Jermaine Heredia	Hector Morales	golden plated	2015
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 2	Andres Londono	Oscar Diaz	"Date of Death" (S2E13)	2016
Fear the Walking Dead - Season 3	Justin Rain	Lee "Crazy Dog"	"The Diviner" (S3E10)	2017
	Sergio Garcia	Gonzalez Dam guard	"Things Bad Begun" (S3E15)
	Rubén Blades	Daniel Salazar	"Sleigh Ride" (S3E16)
	Lisandra Tena	Lola Guerrero
Hawkeye	Alaqua Cox	Maya Lopez	"Echoes" (S1E03), "Ronin" (S1E05)	2021
Echo - Season 1	Alaqua Cox	Maya Lopez	"Chafa" (S1E01)	2024

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex	Carried by a robber
Sky Blue	Cade	Cade's P228 briefly turns into a two-tone Cougar
Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief	A member of the organization	Episode 05 - 'The Fated Blue Birthday'.	2010

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Note	Release Date
Resident Evil Survivor	appears as handgun C		2000
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End		Appears in teaser trailer	2015

Beretta 8045 Cougar

Beretta 8045 Cougar F - .45 ACP

Beretta 8045 LAPD Cougar with a 4-inch barrel - .45 ACP

Specifications

(1998 - 2004)

• Type: Pistol

• Caliber(s): .45 ACP

• Weight: 1.88 lbs (0.865 kg)

• Length: 7.2 in (18.3 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 3.7 in (9.4 cm)

• Capacity: 8-round magazine

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto (SA/DA & DAO)

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Hills Have Eyes	Dan Byrd	Bobby Carter		2006
Kill Switch		A thug		2008

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
CSI: Miami	David Caruso	Lt. Horatio Caine
The Shield	David Rees Snell	Detective Ronnie Gardocki	main service pistol
The Shield	Walton Goggins	Detective Shane Vendrell	main service pistol
CSI: NY	Paul Ben-Victor	Carmen Enzo	"Party Down" (S07E13)	2004-Present

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Note	Release Date
Ghost Squad	M209	With accessory rail	Incorrectly hold 10 rounds	2004
Time Crisis: Crisis Zone	Handgun		Only in the special mode	2004

Beretta Cougar Inox

Selected Cougar versions are available in an Inox finish, where the slide and barrel are made from stainless steel, and the lower frame is made from silver anodized light alloy. They were produced only in 2004.

Beretta 8000 Cougar F Inox with walnut grips - 9x19mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Transporter		bad guy		2002
Memento	Guy Pearce	Leonard Shelby	fitted with white grips	2000
Unleashed	Bob Hoskins	Bart		2005
Today You Die	Karo Parisyan	Garret's Gang #3		2005
Today You Die		Security guard		2005
Dhoom 2	Abhishek Bachchan	A.C.P. Jai Dixit		2006
	Uday Chopra	Ali Akbar Fateh Khan
Shootout at Lokhandwala	Tusshar Kapoor	Dilip Buwa		2007
Ca$h	Christian Hecq	Lardier	suppressed	2008

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
CSI: NY - Season 6	Bryce Johnson	Nick 'Cool' Emerson	"Battle Scars" (S6E05)	2009
Breaking Bad - Season 3	Antonio Leyba	Rival Drug Dealer	"Half Measures" (S3E12)	2010
	Ben Bray	Cartel Gunman	Continuity error; "Full Measure" (S3E13)
Dollhouse	Harry Lennix	Boyd Langdon	instead of revolver	2011
Banshee - Season 1	Doug Kruse	Nathan	episode 7	2013
Crossing Lines - Season 1	Nadine Warmuth	Katya		2013
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1	Adam Nagaitis	Quinn	"La Dame de Fer" (S1E04)	2023
	Lukerya Ilyashenko	Anna Valery
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2			"Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir" (S2E05)	2024

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Note	Release Date
The House of the Dead 2	With blacked grips	Incorrectly hold 6 rounds	1998
The House of the Dead III	With blacked grips	Only appear in the cutscenes	2002
The House of the Dead 4	With blacked grips	Only appear in the cutscenes	2005
Dementium: The Ward			2007

Beretta Mini Cougar

Beretta 8000 Mini Cougar F Inox with walnut grips - 9x19mm

Beretta 8040 Mini Cougar F - 9x19mm

Beretta 8045 Mini Cougar D - .45 ACP. This particular pistol is fitted with an adapter to allow it to take standard 8 round 8045 magazines, and a 6 round mini Cougar magazine is shown for comparison.

Specifications

(1998 - 2003)

• Type: Pistol

• Caliber(s): 9x19mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP

• Weight: 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)

• Length: 7 in (17.8 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 3.7 in (9.40 cm)

• Capacity: 10 (9x19mm), 8 (.40 S&W), 6 (.45 ACP)

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto (SA/DA & DAO)

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Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Episode/Note	Air Date
Jericho	Jazz Raycole	Allison Hawkins
Jericho	Lennie James	Robert Hawkins
Castle	Paula Newsome	Debbie Parker	(S7E21) "In Plane Sight" / Inox Mini Version	4/27/2015