Freeper Warning: Avoid Cobra Firearms

DonPaulJonesII | 03/14/2015 | DonPaulJonesII

[smokingfrog]

It’s a nice novelty item.

[Jet Jaguar]

[DonPaulJonesII]

That is all that it is unfortunately. Now I am stuck with an expensive paperweight. It did fire both barrels without issue but no amount of effort, short of using pliers, would remove the casings.

[DonPaulJonesII]

Mine has the satin nickel finish but that is the one...

[MeshugeMikey]

it looks familiar

[OKSooner]

Sorry to hear about your bad experience, I hope you don't have a lot of money in it.

If derringers happen to be your thing, have a look at Bond Arms:

http://bondarms.com/

[clee1]

They are notorious junk. As bad as Raven etc.

[clee1]

Bond Arms makes the good stuff. They ARE a little too proud of them, though.

[kingu]

I’m just curious, as I’ve been out of the industry for a while now - why didn’t your dealer handle this for you? Should take but a brief moment for the dealer’s gunsmith to isolate the issue and have a replacement part shipped. There’s not a lot of hardware in that gun.

I would never have imagined telling a customer ‘eh, your problem, you mail it back to the manufacturer for repair.’

[yarddog]

Around 1990 I bought a North American Arms .22 mini revolver.

It was a beauty and fired just fine but all the bullets keyholed. When I got ready to clean it, I realized the rifling did not quite go all the way to the muzzle. Maybe the last 1/10 inch was not rifled.

My dealer returned it to them and they fixed it with no problem but I can’t believe it got out of the factory like that.

[ExGeeEye]

Derringers not my style regardless of mfr, but curious...did you try poking them out thru the muzzle as with a cleaning rod?

[DonPaulJonesII]

I have always had a derringer as a back up piece. Had an old Davis P32 (made in Chino, CA but out of business now) that I carried for years. Wanted to upgrade as to caliber and the 9mm was what I wanted. The Cobra wasn’t cheap but I bought it for around $150. Disappointing but it won’t break me financially.

[yarddog]

Ravens were good guns.

They were crude looking and made mostly of pot metal but they were reliable and accurate.

Same for Jennings.

[ExSoldier]

How much did you spend on the purchase, if I might ask? I was just wondering how much you thought your life was worth. I'm not being derisive, but as an NRA certified Instructor for these last 25+ years, I'm continually surprised by peoples self defense decision making processes.

[DonPaulJonesII]

Yes I did to no avail. Had to use a pair of needle nose pliers to remove them.

[OKSooner]

Something else you might like is an old High Standard derringer. They're around on the used market. They were high quality, made in both .22lr and .22wmr.

I had one in .22wmr once upon a time... wish I still had it. The .22wmr seemed to me to be just fine for the intended use...

[DonPaulJonesII]

Since I bought it through CheaperThanDirt and had it shipped to my FFL I didn’t think that it was his problem. Had it of come from his inventory I would have raised the issue with him. Didn’t seem fair to involve him since all that he did was call NICS.

[DonPaulJonesII]

I bought it for around $150. Please keep in mind that this was only meant as a back up piece. For primary weapons I am a Glock guy.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Sounds like it’s not properly chambered.