Cobray Company Explained

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 (146mm or 127mm barrel)
• M-11 (.380 ACP), semi and full auto (127mm barrel)
• M11-A1 (.380 ACP), an open bolt version of the M-11
• M-11/9 (9mm), semi and full auto (127mm 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

After some legal troubles, 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

Further reading

• News: Larson . Erik . The Story of a Gun . The Atlantic . 1 January 1993.

Notes and References

1. Dunkin. Tom. Cobray: Turning the Tables on Terrorists. Soldier of Fortune. 5 . 1 . 46–50. January 1980.
2. Web site: Cobray/SWD M-11/9 Review . https://web.archive.org/web/20090207162608/http://home.comcast.net/~shooter2_indy/m11_9.html . 2009-02-07 .
3. https://www.angelfire.com/oh5/gunsfs/cobray.html Angelfire article on Pocket Pal
4. Book: Long, Duncan . Streetsweepers: The Complete Book of Combat Shotguns . Paladin Press . 2004 . 1-58160-436-X . 66.
5. Book: Larson, Erik. Erik Larson (author)

   . . 81. Erik Larson (author). 0679759271. 1995. Knopf Doubleday Publishing .

6. Book: FTW Self Defense. 204. C. R. Jahn. 978-1469732558. 2012. iUniverse .
7. Web site: Gun Review: Leinad Derringer is the "poor man's Judge" . Guns.com .