Cobray Company


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.

Cobray models

  • M-10, semi and full auto
  • M-11, semi and full auto
  • M11-A1, an open bolt version of the M-11
  • M-11/9, semi and full auto
  • M-12, semi-auto only
  • S12ES Mk3/Mk4/Mk5/Automatic Carbine, semi-auto only
  • Pocket Pal, a dual-barrel, switch-cylinder, top-break revolver
  • Terminator, a slam fire, single-shot shotgun
  • Street Sweeper, a clone of the Armsel Striker
  • Ladies Home Companion, a reduced caliber version of the Street Sweeper
  • Cobray/FMJ Ducktown, an over-under derringer
  • Cobray CM-11, a carbine version of the M-11

    Legal issues

After some legal troubles, the company changed its name to Leinad 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