Cobray Company

Cobray Company

Company type	Private
Industry	Firearms
Founder	Wayne Daniel Sylvia Daniel
Fate	Ongoing
Successor	Leinad
Headquarters	Westhope, North Dakota , U.S.
Area served	Predominately U.S.
Products	Pistols, Shotguns, Rifles, Automatic Firearms
Website	http://www.cobray.com

The Cobray Company was an American developer and manufacturer of submachine guns, automatic carbines, handguns, shotguns, and non-lethal 37 mm launchers. These were manufactured by SWD. In the 1970s and 1980s, Cobray was a counterterrorist training center in addition to being an arms maker under the leadership of Mitch WerBell. ^[1]

Cobray models

• M-10 (.45 ACP/9mm), semi and full auto (146 mm (5.7 in) or 127 mm (5.0 in) barrel)
• M-11 (.380 ACP), semi and full auto (127 mm (5.0 in) barrel)
• M11-A1 (.380 ACP), an open bolt version of the M-11
• M-11/9 (9mm), semi and full auto (127 mm (5.0 in) barrel) ^[2]
• M-12 (.380 ACP), semi-auto only
• S12ES Mk3/Mk4/Mk5/Automatic Carbine, semi-auto only
• Pocket Pal (.22 Long Rifle/.380 ACP), a dual-barrel, switch-cylinder, top-break revolver ^[3]
• Terminator (12 or 20-gauge), a slam fire, single-shot shotgun ^[4]
• Street Sweeper (12-gauge), a clone of the Armsel Striker
• Ladies Home Companion (.410 bore or .45-70), a reduced caliber version of the Street Sweeper ^[5]
• Cobray/FMJ Ducktown (.22 Long Rifle/.45 Colt-.410 bore), an over-under derringer ^[6]
• Cobray CM-11 (9mm), a carbine version of the M-11

Legal issues

A .357 Magnum derringer

After some legal troubles,^{[ clarification needed ]} the company changed its name to Leinad (Daniel spelled backwards) ^[7] and produced at least four new models which were designed to conform with the ban in the US on assault weapons that was then in effect.

Leinad models

• PM-11/9 (9mm)
• PM-12 (.380 ACP)
• DBD38357 (.357 Magnum/.38 Special)-Double Barrel (Pictured right)
• DBD41045 (.45 Long Colt/.410 bore)-Double Barrel
• Six shot (manual rotation) .22 LR derringer
• Model MR-5 shot manual rotation .45 Long Colt/.410 bore Pepper-box revolver derringer

References

1. Dunkin, Tom (January 1980). "Cobray: Turning the Tables on Terrorists". Soldier of Fortune. 5 (1): 46–50.
2. "Cobray/SWD M-11/9 Review". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07.
3. Angelfire article on Pocket Pal
4. Long, Duncan (2004). Streetsweepers: The Complete Book of Combat Shotguns. Paladin Press. p. 66. ISBN   1-58160-436-X.
5. Larson, Erik (1995). Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun . Knopf Doubleday Publishing. p. 81. ISBN   0679759271.
6. C. R. Jahn (2012). FTW Self Defense. iUniverse. p. 204. ISBN   978-1469732558.
7. "Gun Review: Leinad Derringer is the "poor man's Judge"". Guns.com.

Further reading

• Larson, Erik (1 January 1993). "The Story of a Gun". The Atlantic.

External links

• Official website
• Ladies Home Companion Video