fate dissolved successor leinad founder wayne and sylvia daniels 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 sub machine guns and automatic carbines handguns and shotguns as well as non lethal 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 . 1 contents 1 cobray models 2 legal issues 2.1 leinad models 3 closure of company 4 references 5 external links cobray models edit the legacy of cobray is a poor one with most firearms collectors and enthusiasts agreeing that the company s products were poorly designed and marketed as well as being impractical . today cobray s name is synonymous with two of its products in particular the street sweeper and the lady s home companion the former of which was so offensively named and marketed that it led to a lobby of the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms to classify it as a destructive device . similarly the lady s home companion is regarded as a wildly impractical pistol due to its cambering in 45 70 gov. and it s weight of over eight pounds which makes it an unwieldy and cumbersome weapon . m 10 .45 acp 9mm parabellum semi and full auto 146 mm barrel 127 mm barrel m 11 .380 acp semi and full auto 127 mm barrel m 11 9 9mm parabellum semi and full auto 127 mm barrel 1 dead link m 12 .380 acp semi auto only pocket pal .22 long rifle .380 acp dual barrel switch cylinder top break revolver 2 terminator slam fire single shot shotgun in 12 and 20 gauges 3 m11 a1 .380 acp an open bolt version of the mac 11 . street sweeper a clone of the armsel striker . it featured limited parts commonality to the original weapons system . ladies home companion a reduced caliber version of the street sweeper in .410 bore or .45 70 . 4 cobray fmj ducktown over under a .22 lr .45 colt .410 bore derringer . 5 legal issues edit a 357 magnum derringer . 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 on assault weapons that was then in effect . leinad models edit pm 11 9 9 mm pm 12 .380 acp dbd38357 .357 magnum .38 special double barrel pictured right dbd41045 .45 long colt .410 bore double barrel 6 shot manual rotation .22 lr derringer model mr 5 shot manual rotation .45 long colt .410 bore pepper box revolver derringer closure of company edit the owners of leinad chose to shut down the company because of the changes in the gun laws and the divorce of company founders wayne and sylvia daniels . the cobray trademark is registered to a privately owned company in the us . they continue to manufacture parts and accessories for the firearms as well . references edit dunkin tom 1980 01 01 . cobray turning the tables on terrorists . soldier of fortune . 5 1 46 50 . angelfire article on pocket pal long duncan 2004 . streetsweepers the complete book of combat shotguns . paladin press . p. 66 . isbn 1 58160 436 x. erik larson 1995 . lethal passage the story of a gun . p. 81 . isbn 0679759271 . c. r. jahn 2012 . ftw self defense . p. 204 . isbn 1469732556 . external links edit official website cobray m11 manual ladies home companion video retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cobray company & oldid 742136251 categories firearm manufacturers of the united statesprivately held companies based in north dakotadefunct companies based in north dakotahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 22 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view