Is Cobra firearms still in business?

[Handshaker]

I cant find a clear answer with a google search.
Thanks

 

[Blkhrt13]

Defunct as of feb 2020. Is cobra firearms still in business turned up that result on google.

 

[JERRY]

Davis, Cobra, Bryco.... Pretty much the same company that changes ownership and continues to make the same product re branded with a different name.

 

[hso]

Cobra or Cobray?

 

[Handshaker]

Defunct as of feb 2020. Is cobra firearms still in business turned up that result on google.

I must have overlooked that, thanks. I was just wondering because I have a 38 derringer i am thinking about getting rid of, Its only been fired once but i had cobra make me an additional barrel for snake shot rounds, which obviously cant be had since they are defunct. The stock barrel wont allow for CCI shotshell rounds for snakes.

 

[PapaG]

Not a giant loss. Served a purpose for some, I guess

 

[230RN]

Had one of their tiny .25ACP semis. Was surprisingly accurate, but had a poorly designed and dangerous safety. I removed the safety entirely and thereafter ran it from an empty chamber as being more safe all around.

I also had one of their nines, but the magazines had a hole drilled for the magazine catch instead of a milled slot, and since the catch only bore on only two points of the circular hole, wear occurred too easily and the magazine finally sat lower than the magazine safety mechanism required and the gun would not fire after that because the mag safety would not disengage.

Otherwise, they were both fine <eyeroll> examples of the gunmaker's <koff koff choke choke> skills <hack-hack grab tissue>. <gasp for breath>

Terry, 230RN

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I have a JA380. I broke the part in the back of it. That holds the firing pin in. And the pin spring went into no mans land. Jimenez is now JA industries. Been wanting to call and see if he has parts. He has always been great to me as far as cs goes.
JA Industries LLC

 

[Riomouse911]

Ahhh, these names bring back memories of years past; crime scenes in tough neighborhoods, yowling family members, sirens, yards of yellow tape and a few spent casings with mixed headstamps scattered on the ground.

There was almost always a Raven/Phoenix/Bryco/Davis or Jennings .380 (most with electrical tape holding the grips on) lying in a gutter nearby.

Absolutely crap guns, more often than not only good for two or three shots before a jam. Which is lucky, because if they were reliable then more people would have been injured. (IMHO, Hi Points are examples of fine, old-world craftsmanship in comparison to the “Ring of Fire” guns.)

Interesting pieces of American firearm history, but I wouldn’t count on one very much.

Stay safe.

 

[Airborne Falcon]

You forgot Lorcen.

Otherwise, you named most of the ones on the Saturday Night Special list that congress declared evil.

 

[MacAR]

I think they've been re-born as Bearman Industries and make a double Derringer. They're the same cheap gun as before however. We had one once, a 22lr, and it was a piece of junk. Not worth the $120 I paid for it NIB. Of course, y'all already knew that part.

Mac

 

[JERRY]

I've owned a Raven .25 p25, a Jennings .22 j22, a Davis .32 p32, and a Davis .32 d32; all worked as they should have. Crudely made from pot metal but they worked.
For "playing around" or better than no gun at all I'd take another.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

My wife and i keep a JA22 on the head board shelf. Golden bullets work reliably in them.

 

[TTv2]

I just want Phoenix Arms to make an upscaled .32 along the lines of their .22 and .25. They are underrated and of all the ring of fire companies make the best pistols.

But yeah, Cobra is done. They use to make the cheapest pistol about 10 yrs back that people could get for a hair over 100 bucks, but it was a .380 and the sub $200 9mm SCCY, Taurus, etc. must have killed the demand for that.

 

[mrmeval]

My cat got into the top of my closet and peed on a Jennings .25acp in a box. I found it some time later as a mess of white powder and rusted metallic bits. Ah, the days of idiotic purchases. They served the purpose of keeping the ignorant from doing stupid things. I think I got three rounds off with the first firing pin and once with the 2nd. Both broke the tip off. Mister hellcat lasted nearly 20 years and didn't cost a dime...upfront.