Posted on 03/14/2015 5:24:28 PM PDT by DonPaulJonesII
Freepers, please accept this as a warning to avoid purchasing firearms manufactured by Cobra Enterprises of Salt Lake City UT.
I will summarize my experience in the hopes that you will not repeat my experience. In early February 2015 I purchased a Cobra Enterprises Big Bore derringer (CB9) in 9mm. After completing the purchase through my favorite FFL dealer I took my new pistol home only to discover that once loaded the barrels would not lock into firing position. Unable to trouble shoot the problem myself I had to spend $68 to send the pistol back to Cobra Enterprises for repairs. Keep in mind that this had to be done on the same day of purchase.
Five weeks later my pistol was returned to me. Now if this was the extent of my experience I would have let it be but it was not. During the very first time that I loaded and fired the weapon I found, much to my chagrin, that I could not extract the spent casings. No amount of effort succeeded in removing the spent casings.
I try my best to buy American whenever possible but it is my duty to inform the general shooting public that, for whatever reasons, Cobra Enterprise firearms must be avoided at all costs.
It’s a nice novelty item.
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.
Mine has the satin nickel finish but that is the one...
If derringers happen to be your thing, have a look at Bond Arms:
http://bondarms.com/
They are notorious junk. As bad as Raven etc.
Bond Arms makes the good stuff. They ARE a little too proud of them, though.
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.’
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.
Derringers not my style regardless of mfr, but curious...did you try poking them out thru the muzzle as with a cleaning rod?
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.
Ravens were good guns.
They were crude looking and made mostly of pot metal but they were reliable and accurate.
Same for Jennings.
Yes I did to no avail. Had to use a pair of needle nose pliers to remove them.
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...
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.
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.
Sounds like it’s not properly chambered.
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