MAC-10s and Cobrays
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1964 – Gordon Ingram sets out to rethink the basic submachine gun design. The end of his efforts is the Model 10 or M-10. Jim Leatherwood helps in developing the trigger mechanism. The first prototypes are produced at Juan Erquiaga’s Firearms production facility in Los Angeles, Ca. They are full auto only, and use Sten mags. Two chamberings of the M-10 are offered, one in 9mm Luger and the other in .45 ACP. Later Ingram creates an even more compact version of the gun, the M-11, chambered for .380 ACP
1967 - Ingram joins forces with Mitchell Livingston WerBell III of Sionics Corp. (Sionics was an acronym for Studies in Organized Negation of Insurgency and Counter Subversion.) Soon the two form a business alliance with the WerBell suppressors being mounted on the Ingram pistols as a complete weapons system that is both compact and quiet. The cobray, a mythical cross between a Cobra and a Moray eel, becomes the company logo. Maxwell G. Atchisson also joins the group. Ingram moves his operations from California to Marietta, Ga. Production of the weapon system begins at the Werbell estate at Powder Springs, Ga. Small orders come from Israel, Thailand, Uganda, Guatemala, and the Phillipines, but the real goal is to secure big time US Government contracts.
June 11, 1969 – application #832,083 for a patent is submitted for the Ingram submachine gun design. Soon the Ingram perks the interest of the Army. Colonel Jack S. Woods, chief of the weapons division, RD&E Directorate, US Army Command suggests that the Pentagon might replace the venerable .45 with the M-11. This meant millions and millions of dollars in sales to whoever got the contract. Werbell links up with Colonel Woods to seal the deal. Sionics Corp. teams up with Quantum Corp., who now provides financial backing and acquires all patent and production rights to the Ingram. Quantum is made up of several investors including Rosser Scott Reeves III, Bennett B. Bintliff, and Stewart Mott (largest individual contributor to Senator McGovern’s presidential campaign) A subsidiary of Quantum called Environmental Industries, Inc. is created to handle the anticipated production of the silenced Ingram, under the control of Werbell and his oldest son Mitch IV. However, the Army decides to stay with the .45, so the deal falls through.
1970 – Environmental Industries, Inc. is pretty much dead in the water, now that the huge orders never materialize. Military Armament Corporation (M.A.C.) takes control, and moves production to Marietta. WerBell and his son Mitch IV become president and vice president respectively. Bennett Bintliff also joins in. M-10 and M-11 become loosely known as “MAC-10” and “MAC-11” respectively. Marketing focus shifts from the military to law enforcement.
March 28th, 1972 - MAC 10 and MAC 11 designs are patented. (patent #3,651,736) MAC fails to meet sales projections. Werbell and Quantum split up. Each faction receives half of the 14,000 unsold silenced Ingram submachine guns in the inventory. At this point Werbell leaves MAC and takes his half of the guns with him, starting a new company, Defense Services, Inc.
Mid 1975 – Military Armament Corporation goes into Chapter 11 receivership.
Late 1976 - Assets including M-10’s and M-11’s that cost between $64 and $100 were sold to Class 3 dealers for around $20.
1977 - Another Georgia based company, RPB Industries, Inc., acquires tooling and assets, and begins production of the M-10 and M-11.
June 1978 - RPB Industries is in financial trouble. Wayne E. Daniel purchases the company’s majority stock, including the rights to the Cobray logo, and moves manufacturing to Atlanta. Under his leadership sales and revenue increase.
1979 - Wayne Daniel wants to market a semi auto version as well. He submits an open bolt .45 semi MAC 10 to the ATF for classification as a Title I weapon, and on April 11, 1979 the ATF approves the request. He comes up with a 9mm and .380 open bolt also. They sell like hot cakes, and in four years sales rise 800%. The plant is producing 250 guns per week at its peak.
October 1981 – Wayne Daniel marries Sylvia Williams. In November she becomes a member of RPB’s board of directors.
1982 - It is determined after examination of a considerable amount of the open bolt semi guns that they were easily converted to full auto, and on March 25th, 1982 the Firearms Enforcement Branch recommends reclassification to Title II status, and on June 2nd the ATF signs off on the ruling, to be effective June 21st, 1982.
October 1982 – After losing his semi auto market, and also to distance himself from a business partner that is being investigated by the FBI and GBI, Wayne liquidates RPB Industries for half a million dollars, and soon forms SWD Industries, named after his wife, Sylvia Williams Daniel. RPB Industries abandons the Cobray trademark logo. He develops the M11/9 smg, a smaller and lighter version of the M10. He also develops a .380 version, as well as a closed bolt semi auto model of both calibers.
1986 - Jim Leatherwood acquires Military Armament Corp, and moves to Stephenville, TX. He improves a few features including the safety and folding stock, and redesigns the gun for closed bolt firing. He works out of a 60" x 40" home shop, turning out about 15 guns per week. The frames are tack welded, causing premature failure of the receiver. The operation folds, and Wayne Daniel buys back several hundred frames, and builds them up with RPB and SWD parts.
Jersey Arms, Hatton Industries (contracted for Jersey Arms) and Section Five LTD, a British Company, also builds the M10.
1986 – Firearm Owners Protection Act was created to address claims that the ATF was harassing FFL dealers. Unfortunately a last minute provision was added to prevent the ATF from accepting the federal tax mandated by the National Firearms Act for the civilian registration of a fully-automatic firearm, automatic sear, drop-in sear, or similar device which provides fully automatic fire, the date of manufacture for which was after May 19, 1986. This effectively banned their manufacture except for law enforcement, military, or export, which require different registration forms. The rush is on to register as many guns possible before the effective date, hence the large amount of M11/9’s in the NFA registry.
1994 – Passage of the 1994 Crime Bill changes the way the semi auto M11/9 is manufactured. After September 13th no threaded barrels or large capacity mags are allowed. The mag catch is modified, and the barrel threads are turned down to comply with the new provisions.
Wayne and Sylvia divorce, and SWD splits into three corporations: Mountain Accessory Corp.
(MAC), Full Metal Jacket (FMJ), both located in Copper Hill, TN. and All Purpose Ammo (APA) located in Canon, GA. Later FMJ moves to Ducktown, TN. MAC is dissolved, and becomes Et Cetera, and FMJ becomes Leinad.
Corrrections to above
Par. 1 Jim Leatherwood came on board in GA. not Calif. Serial number 1 was the only one made for a sten magazine.Number 2 and 3 were 9mm. Serial # 4 was .45ACP. Gordon invents the .380 in GA. while Mitch is in Nam with gun #3 and his suppressors.
Par 2 John Foote and Max Atchisson join the team about the same time.First operation is in Powder Springs with a office on Peachtree Street in Atlanta.
Par 3 The company was named Environmental Industries for about three weeks between SOINICS and Military Armement Corp.
Par 4.When the Quantum Group takes over,they move to the Marietta add. and Gordon and Mitch are out. Thats why the Marietta guns DON'T have Ingram's name on them.
1976 Wayne Daniel had started his business as Precision Armement Co.
1976 The Arms Export Act of 1976, which banned the export of sound suppressors was the straw that broke the camels back.Why buy a Ingram if you can't have the suppressor with it.
1977 Three ex-employees from the plant buy the tooling to start a new business Robey,Pitts, Bruggermann.
1978 R.P.B. goes out of business, Wayne Daniel buy's the majority stock for $211,000 and keeps the name.
1981 Sylvia works at R.P.B. plant were Wayne meets her. She worked in the guard shack putting magazines together.
1964 – Gordon Ingram sets out to rethink the basic submachine gun design. The end of his efforts is the Model 10 or M-10. Jim Leatherwood helps in developing the trigger mechanism. The first prototypes are produced at Juan Erquiaga’s Firearms production facility in Los Angeles, Ca. They are full auto only, and use Sten mags. Two chamberings of the M-10 are offered, one in 9mm Luger and the other in .45 ACP. Later Ingram creates an even more compact version of the gun, the M-11, chambered for .380 ACP
1967 - Ingram joins forces with Mitchell Livingston WerBell III of Sionics Corp. (Sionics was an acronym for Studies in Organized Negation of Insurgency and Counter Subversion.) Soon the two form a business alliance with the WerBell suppressors being mounted on the Ingram pistols as a complete weapons system that is both compact and quiet. The cobray, a mythical cross between a Cobra and a Moray eel, becomes the company logo. Maxwell G. Atchisson also joins the group. Ingram moves his operations from California to Marietta, Ga. Production of the weapon system begins at the Werbell estate at Powder Springs, Ga. Small orders come from Israel, Thailand, Uganda, Guatemala, and the Phillipines, but the real goal is to secure big time US Government contracts.
June 11, 1969 – application #832,083 for a patent is submitted for the Ingram submachine gun design. Soon the Ingram perks the interest of the Army. Colonel Jack S. Woods, chief of the weapons division, RD&E Directorate, US Army Command suggests that the Pentagon might replace the venerable .45 with the M-11. This meant millions and millions of dollars in sales to whoever got the contract. Werbell links up with Colonel Woods to seal the deal. Sionics Corp. teams up with Quantum Corp., who now provides financial backing and acquires all patent and production rights to the Ingram. Quantum is made up of several investors including Rosser Scott Reeves III, Bennett B. Bintliff, and Stewart Mott (largest individual contributor to Senator McGovern’s presidential campaign) A subsidiary of Quantum called Environmental Industries, Inc. is created to handle the anticipated production of the silenced Ingram, under the control of Werbell and his oldest son Mitch IV. However, the Army decides to stay with the .45, so the deal falls through.
1970 – Environmental Industries, Inc. is pretty much dead in the water, now that the huge orders never materialize. Military Armament Corporation (M.A.C.) takes control, and moves production to Marietta. WerBell and his son Mitch IV become president and vice president respectively. Bennett Bintliff also joins in. M-10 and M-11 become loosely known as “MAC-10” and “MAC-11” respectively. Marketing focus shifts from the military to law enforcement.
March 28th, 1972 - MAC 10 and MAC 11 designs are patented. (patent #3,651,736) MAC fails to meet sales projections. Werbell and Quantum split up. Each faction receives half of the 14,000 unsold silenced Ingram submachine guns in the inventory. At this point Werbell leaves MAC and takes his half of the guns with him, starting a new company, Defense Services, Inc.
Mid 1975 – Military Armament Corporation goes into Chapter 11 receivership.
Late 1976 - Assets including M-10’s and M-11’s that cost between $64 and $100 were sold to Class 3 dealers for around $20.
1977 - Another Georgia based company, RPB Industries, Inc., acquires tooling and assets, and begins production of the M-10 and M-11.
June 1978 - RPB Industries is in financial trouble. Wayne E. Daniel purchases the company’s majority stock, including the rights to the Cobray logo, and moves manufacturing to Atlanta. Under his leadership sales and revenue increase.
1979 - Wayne Daniel wants to market a semi auto version as well. He submits an open bolt .45 semi MAC 10 to the ATF for classification as a Title I weapon, and on April 11, 1979 the ATF approves the request. He comes up with a 9mm and .380 open bolt also. They sell like hot cakes, and in four years sales rise 800%. The plant is producing 250 guns per week at its peak.
October 1981 – Wayne Daniel marries Sylvia Williams. In November she becomes a member of RPB’s board of directors.
1982 - It is determined after examination of a considerable amount of the open bolt semi guns that they were easily converted to full auto, and on March 25th, 1982 the Firearms Enforcement Branch recommends reclassification to Title II status, and on June 2nd the ATF signs off on the ruling, to be effective June 21st, 1982.
October 1982 – After losing his semi auto market, and also to distance himself from a business partner that is being investigated by the FBI and GBI, Wayne liquidates RPB Industries for half a million dollars, and soon forms SWD Industries, named after his wife, Sylvia Williams Daniel. RPB Industries abandons the Cobray trademark logo. He develops the M11/9 smg, a smaller and lighter version of the M10. He also develops a .380 version, as well as a closed bolt semi auto model of both calibers.
1986 - Jim Leatherwood acquires Military Armament Corp, and moves to Stephenville, TX. He improves a few features including the safety and folding stock, and redesigns the gun for closed bolt firing. He works out of a 60" x 40" home shop, turning out about 15 guns per week. The frames are tack welded, causing premature failure of the receiver. The operation folds, and Wayne Daniel buys back several hundred frames, and builds them up with RPB and SWD parts.
Jersey Arms, Hatton Industries (contracted for Jersey Arms) and Section Five LTD, a British Company, also builds the M10.
1986 – Firearm Owners Protection Act was created to address claims that the ATF was harassing FFL dealers. Unfortunately a last minute provision was added to prevent the ATF from accepting the federal tax mandated by the National Firearms Act for the civilian registration of a fully-automatic firearm, automatic sear, drop-in sear, or similar device which provides fully automatic fire, the date of manufacture for which was after May 19, 1986. This effectively banned their manufacture except for law enforcement, military, or export, which require different registration forms. The rush is on to register as many guns possible before the effective date, hence the large amount of M11/9’s in the NFA registry.
1994 – Passage of the 1994 Crime Bill changes the way the semi auto M11/9 is manufactured. After September 13th no threaded barrels or large capacity mags are allowed. The mag catch is modified, and the barrel threads are turned down to comply with the new provisions.
Wayne and Sylvia divorce, and SWD splits into three corporations: Mountain Accessory Corp.
(MAC), Full Metal Jacket (FMJ), both located in Copper Hill, TN. and All Purpose Ammo (APA) located in Canon, GA. Later FMJ moves to Ducktown, TN. MAC is dissolved, and becomes Et Cetera, and FMJ becomes Leinad.
Corrrections to above
Par. 1 Jim Leatherwood came on board in GA. not Calif. Serial number 1 was the only one made for a sten magazine.Number 2 and 3 were 9mm. Serial # 4 was .45ACP. Gordon invents the .380 in GA. while Mitch is in Nam with gun #3 and his suppressors.
Par 2 John Foote and Max Atchisson join the team about the same time.First operation is in Powder Springs with a office on Peachtree Street in Atlanta.
Par 3 The company was named Environmental Industries for about three weeks between SOINICS and Military Armement Corp.
Par 4.When the Quantum Group takes over,they move to the Marietta add. and Gordon and Mitch are out. Thats why the Marietta guns DON'T have Ingram's name on them.
1976 Wayne Daniel had started his business as Precision Armement Co.
1976 The Arms Export Act of 1976, which banned the export of sound suppressors was the straw that broke the camels back.Why buy a Ingram if you can't have the suppressor with it.
1977 Three ex-employees from the plant buy the tooling to start a new business Robey,Pitts, Bruggermann.
1978 R.P.B. goes out of business, Wayne Daniel buy's the majority stock for $211,000 and keeps the name.
1981 Sylvia works at R.P.B. plant were Wayne meets her. She worked in the guard shack putting magazines together.
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The Mac's are what they are...but the rate of fire is way too high IMHO. They say they were suitable for fighting in a phone booth...
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As usual, Hickok45 has all the fun...a pretty good display of what the guns can do and are all about.
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