Calico Light Weapons Systems
- Calico Light Weapons Systems
Calico Light Weapons Inc. is a small firearms manufacturing company currently based in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Products
CLWS produces a line of pistols, and carbines. Calico firearms feature a top-mounted, helical-feed, high-capacity (50 or 100 round) magazine that ejects spent shells from a slot in the bottom, making a brass catcher more practical. Interestingly, the Calico 9 mm pistols, carbines and submachine guns use the Roller-delayed blowback principle which is famously used in the Heckler & Koch series of firearms.
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Although reviews of the product line were very favorable, Calico has yet to secure big military and law enforcement contracts. Sales were severely curtailed by the introduction of the Federal assault weapons ban in the 1990s which limited magazine capacity of newly made firearms to ten rounds. Now that that particular legislation has expired, Calico is producing firearms again. Calico weapons are sometimes seen in various movies & science fiction films due to their futuristic appearance. Most notably, the Command & Conquer series, the M951 (in-game GAU-3 Eliminator) as GDI's basic infantry assualt rifle. The company tagline in the 1990s was "A Revolution in Firepower!".
Products
*.22 LR Pistols
**M-100P
**M-110P
*9mm Pistols
**M950 Liberty III
*Carbines
**M-900
**M-951
**M960
**Liberty I and II
*Sub-machineguns
**M-750
**M-900A
**M-950A
*.22 LR Carbines
**M-100
**M-100S
References
* Modern Small Arms - Ian Hogg, ISBN 1-85841-075-4
External links
* [http://www.calicolightweaponsystems.com Calico Official Web Site]
* [http://207.234.249.73/gunfax/calico/calico.htm Calico Fans Web Site (unofficial)]
* [http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg57-e.htm Modern Firearms Calico SMGs site]
* [http://notpurfect.com/calico/index.html Shooters Web Ring Calico Site]
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