The semi-automatic Cobray pistol recovered in the Monterey Park, California, shooting, was modified with what appears to be a homemade suppressor. The gun is a subcompact variation of a MAC-10 pistol. A suppressor, by design, muffles the sound of a gunshot by redirecting and slowing expelled gases from the barrel after the gun has fired. Plans exist online for how to make suppressors from readily available parts such as car oil filters. Scott Richardson, a licensed firearm dealer in Oregon who m
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna discusses the Monterey Park shooting during a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Los Angeles. The semi-automatic Cobray pistol recovered in the Monterey Park, California, shooting, was modified with what appears to be a homemade suppressor. The gun is a subcompact variation of a MAC-10 pistol.
Scott Richardson, a licensed firearm dealer in Oregon who manufactures and repairs suppressors, said the suppressor attached to the gunman’s pistol looked homemade. “The original MAC-10 and Cobray suppressors looked nothing like that,” he said.The Cobray model firearm was manufactured in the 1970s and 1980s. It has several features that make it an illegal assault weapon in California, including the combination of a threaded barrel and the ability to accept a detachable magazine.
Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said that the gunman purchased the pistol in 1999 in Monterey Park but that the gun was not registered in the state of California. Investigators who searched the suspect’s home found hundreds of rounds of ammunition and items that suggested he was manufacturing homemade firearm suppressors, Luna said. Forty-two shell casings and a large-capacity magazine were recovered at the scene.
Surveillance footage of the encounter shows the gun in context and how large the suppressor was compared with the body of the gun and the gunman.“One aspect of using such a long suppressor is that it seems to me like the other guy was able to use the suppressor against the attacker,” said Richardson, who reviewed the surveillance footage. “More length equals more leverage when grabbing the gun. He is able to push the barrel up and away from himself.
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