{{short description|American small arms developer and manufacturer}}
{{infobox company | area_served = Predominately U.S. | fate = Ongoing | founder = {{unbulleted list|Wayne Daniel|Sylvia Daniel}} | homepage = {{webarchive | date = 2016-03-03 | title = Official website | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183300/cobray.com | url-status = usurped}} | industry = Firearms | location_city = Westhope, North Dakota | location_country = U.S. | logo = Cobray_logo.jpg | name = Cobray Company | products = Pistols, Shotguns, Rifles, Automatic Firearms | successor = Leinad | type = Private }}
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.<ref name=dunkin>{{cite journal | last = Dunkin| first = Tom| title = Cobray: Turning the Tables on Terrorists| journal =Soldier of Fortune| volume =5 | issue =1 | pages=46–50|date =January 1980}}</ref>
== Cobray models ==
* M-10 (.45 ACP/9mm), semi and full auto ({{convert|146|mm|in|abbr=on}} or {{convert|127|mm|in|abbr=on}} barrel) * M-11 (.380 ACP), semi and full auto ({{convert|127|mm|in|abbr=on}} barrel) * M11-A1 (.380 ACP), an open bolt version of the M-11{{cn|date=September 2025}} * M-11/9 (9mm), semi and full auto ({{convert|127|mm|in|abbr=on}} barrel)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://home.comcast.net/~shooter2_indy/m11_9.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207162608/http://home.comcast.net/~shooter2_indy/m11_9.html | archive-date=2009-02-07 | title=Cobray/SWD M-11/9 Review }}</ref> * M-12 (.380 ACP), semi-auto only{{cn|date=September 2025}} * S12ES Mk3/Mk4/Mk5/Automatic Carbine, semi-auto only{{cn|date=September 2025}} * Pocket Pal (.22 Long Rifle/.380 ACP), a dual-barrel, switch-cylinder, top-break revolver<ref>[https://www.angelfire.com/oh5/gunsfs/cobray.html Angelfire article on Pocket Pal]</ref> * Terminator (12 or 20-gauge), a slam fire, single-shot shotgun<ref>{{cite book |last=Long|first=Duncan |title=Streetsweepers: The Complete Book of Combat Shotguns |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NM-AQAACAAJ |publisher=Paladin Press |year=2004 |isbn =1-58160-436-X |page=66}}</ref> * Street Sweeper (12-gauge), a clone of the Armsel Striker{{cn|date=September 2025}} * Ladies Home Companion (.410 bore or .45-70), a reduced caliber version of the Street Sweeper<ref>{{cite book|title=Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun|page=81|first=Erik|last= Larson|authorlink=Erik Larson (author)|isbn=0679759271|year=1995|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing }}</ref> * Cobray/FMJ Ducktown (.22 Long Rifle/.45 Colt-.410 bore), an over-under derringer<ref>{{cite book|title=FTW Self Defense|page=204|author=C. R. Jahn|isbn=978-1469732558|year=2012|publisher=iUniverse }}</ref> * Cobray CM-11 (9mm), a carbine version of the M-11{{cn|date=September 2025}}
==Legal issues== {{Unreferenced section|date=January 2023}} right|thumb|250px|A .357 Magnum derringer After some legal troubles,{{what|date=January 2023}} the company changed its name to Leinad (Daniel spelled backwards)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gun Review: Leinad Derringer is the "poor man's Judge" |url=https://www.guns.com/news/review/leinad-double-derringer |website=Guns.com }}</ref> 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 == {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite news |last1=Larson |first1=Erik |title=The Story of a Gun |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/01/the-story-of-a-gun/303531/ |work=The Atlantic |date=1 January 1993}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20080702002531/https://cobray.com/}} Category:Firearm manufacturers of the United States Category:Privately held companies based in North Dakota Category:Defunct manufacturing companies based in North Dakota Category:Derringers