part Cobra snake & part Moray Eel = Cobray
started in 1986
- Gordon Ingram
- invented the M-0 (.45acp) and M-11(.380)
- started Military Armament Corporation (MAC)
Powder Springs, Georgia
1970-1976
the first company to manufacture the MAC Model 10 (MAC-10) - 1976 MAC declared bankruptcy
- developer and manufacturer of submachine guns
- counter terrorist training center
- 1964 M-10
- 1967 Mitchell WerBell III designed a silencer
- 1970s the gun/suppresser combination was purchased by MAC (Military Armament Corporation) and became known as the MAC-10 and MAC-11
- 1970s WerBell and Ingram left the company
- 1977 MAC sold its tooling to RPB Industries
– Cobray trademark stamped on RPB receivers is not encircled, and no name Cobray - 1982 BATF stepped in mid-1982 and halted the manufacture of open bolt semi’s because they were easily convertible to full-auto
- 1983 RPB went out of business
- 1983 SWD Incorporated by Wayne Daniels,from RPB Industries
– 1872 Marietta Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia
SWD (Sylvia and Wayne Daniels) - 1986 Machinegun Ban
- 1986 SWD became Cobray ?
– Wayne Daniel and John Carpenter - 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, the Cobray M11/9 could no longer be made
Westhope,
North Dakota
Cobray Company LLC
PO Box 1796
Bismarck, ND 58502-1796
800-861-1323
cobray.com
About Cobray
Cobray is the brand most closely tied to the later history of the MAC-10 and MAC-11 family of compact machine pistols. Gordon Ingram built the first Model 10 prototype in 1964. In 1969 he joined SIONICS, Mitchell WerBell III’s suppressor company in Powder Springs, Georgia. SIONICS was renamed Military Armament Corporation (MAC) in December 1970, and WerBell designed the two-stage suppressor that became part of the MAC-10’s image. MAC went bankrupt in 1975 and its assets were auctioned in June 1976. Former employees formed RPB Industries to carry on production. Wayne Daniel took control of RPB in 1978 and moved production to Atlanta.
After RPB was dissolved in October 1982, Daniel started SWD Incorporated in 1983. SWD held the MAC-10, MAC-11 and Cobray rights and introduced the M11/Nine, a 9mm version. SWD also made the Street Sweeper, a 12-gauge revolving shotgun based on the Armsel Striker, and the single-shot Terminator shotgun under the Cobray name. In 1986 SWD sold the MAC-10 rights but kept the Cobray name and the MAC-11. After legal troubles the company changed its name to Leinad (“Daniel” spelled backwards) and made models meant to comply with the 1994 federal assault weapons ban. For collectors, the Cobray and SWD guns are a link in the chain of registered and semi-automatic MAC-pattern guns still owned today.
Key Facts
- 1964: Gordon Ingram built the first Model 10 prototype
- December 1970: SIONICS renamed Military Armament Corporation
- June 1976: MAC assets auctioned; RPB Industries formed
- October 16, 1982: RPB Industries dissolved
- 1983: Wayne Daniel founded SWD Incorporated and introduced the M11/Nine
- 1986: MAC-10 rights sold; SWD kept the Cobray name and MAC-11
Sources
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