Cobra Mark 1 / Mark 2 Carbine (and standard "Cobra" platform)
Niche budget American PCC, sub-$800 retail. The bottom of the PCC price tier on the Index, alongside the Hi-Point Carbines.
Is the Cobra Mark 1 / Mark 2 Carbine (and standard "Cobra" platform) banned in Canada? Yes. The Cobra Mark 1 / Mark 2 Carbine (and standard "Cobra" platform) is prohibited in Canada. It was named in SOR/2024-248 (December 2024). If you owned one before the deadline, confirm whether it appears on the federal Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program list. The current amnesty for prohibited firearms expires 90 days after the latest Supreme Court appeal termination under SOR/2026-114.
Classification: Prohibited · OIC/SOR: SOR/2024-248 · Ban-Risk: Already Gone · Compensation: Confirm federal list · Amnesty: SCC appeals + 90 days
Verdict
Cobra Enterprises / Cobra Arms is a small American manufacturer best known for entry-tier handgun production. The Cobra and Mark 1 / Mark 2 Carbine PCC variants reached the Canadian market through general-importer channels through the 2010s at the $499–$799 CAD price band — below the Hi-Point Carbines (Batch 4) entry-tier and significantly below the major-brand budget PCCs. The platform served the absolute bottom of the Canadian PCC price ladder. SOR/2024-248 named it on December 5, 2024. The PCC postmortem cluster on the Index now spans the full price range: Cobra Mark Carbine (sub-$800 entry-tier), Hi-Point Carbines ($500), Henry Homesteader ($1,000), Smith FPC / JR Carbine / Ruger PC Carbine ($1,000–$1,500), Stribog ($1,500), CZ Scorpion EVO 3 / Beretta Cx4 ($1,800), Grand Power Stribog / SAR USA ($1,800), FX-9 ($1,400), Sub-2000 ($800), Kriss Vector ($2,500), B&T APC9 ($3,500+).
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Lineage
Parents: Cobra Enterprises original niche design (no prohibited family ancestor)
Primary sources for this entry
- Canada Gazette SOR/2024-248 (Primary) — Canada Gazette. accessed 2026-05-27
- Cobra Arms long-guns catalogue (Manufacturer) — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
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