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The Cobray Company is an American firearms company founded in 1978 by Wayne and Sylvia Daniel. Known for manufacturing cheap clones of the MAC 10 and MAC 11 machine pistols, Cobray was also known for the manufacture of inexpensive firearms with a low perceived quality.

History

Cobray was founded in 1978 by husband and wife Wayne and Sylvia Daniel after the acquisition of RPB Industries, the parent company of the Military Armament Corporation, and the rights to the design of the MAC 10 machine pistol by Wayne Daniel. Daniel would then begin designing his version of the MAC 10 pistol, naming it the M-10.[1]

Selling it for some USD 300, the M-10 was a rather popular product from Cobray; the company would continue selling the M-10 and its companion weapon, the M-11, until the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives decided to intervene. The ATF initially approved the production of the M-10 and 11, although production was later reassessed on account of the weapon's ability to be illegally converted to be able to fire fully automatically; production was eventually banned in 1982.[1]

Daniel attempted to sue the ATF but lost the suit. After losing the suit, Daniel dissolved RFD Industries and placed a new company, SWD Inc., under the control of his ex-wife, Sylvia. SWD Inc. eventually became Leinad Arms with the ownership changing again to Shane Arrington, Sylvia's son.[1]

The company (and Daniel's other companies) was sued in 1998 by Kris Wellborn for the latter had injured himself with a flare gun manufactured by SWD.[2] As of 2019, the company is inactive despite its offices being operational; the name Cobray is currently being used as a brand name by another company which manufactures parts and other accessories for Cobray firearms.[3]

Products

Cobray was known to have designed the following firearms:

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.vpc.org/studies/smalrpb.htm
  2. ↑ http://ca10.washburnlaw.edu/cases/1998/02/96-8120.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.cobray.com/