The Cobray Company was an
American developer and manufacturer of
submachine guns
A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to describe its design concept as an automa ...
,
automatic
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Albums
* ''Automatic'' (Jack Bruce album), a 1983 el ...
carbines
A carbine ( or ) is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges.
The smaller size and light ...
,
handguns,
shotguns
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, and
non-lethal
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37 mm launchers. These were manufactured by SWD. In the 1970s and 1980s, Cobray was a counter terrorist training center in addition to being an arms maker under the leadership of
Mitch WerBell.
Cobray models
*
M-10 (
.45 ACP
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/
9mm
This is a list of firearm cartridges that have bullets in the to caliber
In guns, particularly firearms, but not #As a measurement of length, artillery, where a different definition may apply, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviate ...
), semi and full auto ( or barrel)
*
M-11 (
.380 ACP), semi and full auto ( barrel)
* M11-A1 (.380 ACP), an
open bolt
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version of the M-11
* M-11/9 (9mm), semi and full auto ( barrel)
* 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
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* Terminator (
12 or
20-gauge
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), a
slam fire
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,
single-shot shotgun
* Street Sweeper (12-gauge), a clone of the
Armsel Striker
The Armsel Striker, also known as the Sentinel Arms Co Striker-12, Protecta, Protecta Bulldog and SWD Street Sweeper is a 12-gauge shotgun with a revolving cylinder that was designed for riot control and combat.
History
The Armsel Striker was ...
* Ladies Home Companion (
.410 bore or
.45-70), a reduced caliber version of the Street Sweeper
* Cobray/FMJ Ducktown (.22 Long Rifle/
.45 Colt-.410 bore), an over-under derringer
* 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)
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
Further reading
*
External links
* {{official website, http://www.cobray.com
Ladies Home Companion Video
Firearm manufacturers of the United States
Privately held companies based in North Dakota
Defunct manufacturing companies based in North Dakota
Derringers