The Colt Cobra is a small, short-barrelled revolver chambered in .38 Special and .22 LR formerly made by Colt's Manufacturing Company. Colt Cobra . ... rEVOLVEr (2004) is the fourth studio album release by Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ... Left to right: .38 Special, .17 HMR and . ... (Redirected from . ... Colts Manufacturing Company (CMC--formerly Colts Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is a United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1847. ...

This revolver is the same overall size and configuration as the famous Colt Detective's Special except the Cobra has a lighter weight aluminum-alloy frame compared to the all steel frame of the Detective Special. The Colt Cobra was produced in calibers .38 Special and .22 LR. The Cobra .38 Special was available in 2 inch and 3 inch barreled models. The Cobra in .22 LR was available only with the 3 inch barrel.

Colt Cobra .38 Special

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The Colt Cobra is prized by some for its light weight, smooth trigger action, and ability to hold six rounds (as opposed to the competing Smith and Wesson Airweight model revolver that only holds five rounds). These Colt guns are no longer in production, adding to their allure and collectability.

The Cobra is a double-action snubnose revolver, a class of gun known affectionately to gun aficianados as a "snubbie". As the name "Detective Special" suggests, this class of gun was historically popular for use as a concealed weapon by plainclothes police detectives. Despite the increasing advent of semi-automatic handguns, the snubnose revolver remains extremely popular among law-enforcement officers and civilians alike for concealed carry, due to its small size, light weight, ease of operation and near-total reliability. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Use of high-pressure +P ammunition in the lightweight Colt Cobra is not advised. The alloy frame of the gun is not designed to endure the shock generated by this type of ammunition and repeated use of high pressure ammunition may stretch the gun's frame, destroying the gun or rendering it unsafe to shoot. Overpressure ammunition, commonly designated as +P or +P+, is small arms ammunition that has been loaded to a higher internal pressure than is standard for ammunition of its caliber (see internal ballistics), but less than the pressures generated by a proof round. ...

External links

• Official Safety and Instruction Manual (.pdf)
• [*The Snubnose Files The Snubnose Files]