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Calico Series of Rifles and Pistols

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The Calico Series of Rifles and Pistols are a series of pistol-caliber weapons produced by Calico Light Weapon Systems, initially established in Bakersfield, California (hence Cali-co). The company moved to Sparks, Nevada in 1998 and in 2006 shifted to their current location in Elgin, Oregon.

Their weapons are notable for being one of the first commercial uses of a helical magazine, mounting a large octagonal spring-powered "clockwork" device above the action containing 50 or 100 rounds which is wound up by hand before use to tension the spring. Due to the odd design that results, the magazine also incorporates the weapon's rear sight.

Specifications

1985-Present

Type: Submachine gun, Pistol-caliber carbine, Pistol

Caliber: 9x19mm Parabellum, .22 LR

Capacity: 50,100 round Helical Magazines

Fire Modes: Safe/Semi/FullAuto(M960 with a cyclic rate of 750 RPM), Safe/Semi



The Following Calico weapons were seen in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:

Calico M100

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Calico M100 Rifle - .22 LR
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Calico M105S Rifle - .22 LR The politically correct post ban model of the M100 Rifle with wooden thumbhole stock and forearm.

The Calico M100 is a blowback-operated .22 LR rifle that usually comes with a 100 round .22 LR helical tubular magazine and has a collapsible stock. It first came out in the 1980s and was probably one of the most unusual and futuristic looking firearms of its time. Unlike other Calico weapons, the 100 and 110 have an ejection port on the right side of the receiver.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Spaceballs Bill Pullman 1987
Spaceballs John Candy 1987
Spaceballs Daphne Zuniga 1987
The Running Man ICS Guards 1987
Do or Die William Bumiller Lucas With sniper scope 1991
Do or Die Cynthia Brimhall Edy Stark With sniper scope 1991
RoboCop 3 1993
Point of No Return guard 1993
Fit to Kill Michael J. Shane Shane Abilene With sniper scope 1993
The Dallas Connection Cassidy Phillips Platter Puss With sniper scope 1994
Day of the Warrior Julie K. Smith Cobra 1996

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
seaQuest DSV As a UEO Pulse Rifle 1993-1996

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Riding Bean A bodyguard 1989
Yukikaze FAF MPs M100FS 2002 - 2005

Calico M110

Calico M110 - .22 LR

This is a smaller version of the M-100 .22 LR Pistol. It is frequently called the M-100P, which was the older model this replaced, Calico no longer sells the M-100P. The bolt was changed to make it slightly lighter and the feed lip changed in the magazine. The parts are mostly interchangeable, the only modification for older 100P would be that you'd need to have minor modifications to the barrel to use the current magazine design.

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
seaQuest DSV AS a UEO Pulse Gun 1993-1996

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Resident Evil: Code Veronica "M-100P" 2000

Calico M900

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Calico M900 - 9x19mm
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Calico M900 with M951 style foregrip - 9x19mm

The Calico M951 is a select fire version of the nearly identical M900 Semi Auto Carbine, except the 951 has a special compensator (much like a mini Cutts Compensator) that is larger than the compensator for the M900. Like all 9mm Calico variants it uses roller-delayed blowback like the Heckler & Koch MP5, and has a downward-pointed ejection port forward of the trigger, resembling the magazine well of a conventional SMG or rifle.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Eraser security guards 1996
Star Trek: First Contact Alfre Woodard Lily Sloane 1996
Alone in the Dark Françoise Yip Agent Cheung 2005
Alone in the Dark Stephen Dorff Cmdr. Richard Burke 2005

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
SeaQuest DSV As a UEO Pulse Rifle 1993-1996

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Crisis Zone Unusable 1999
007: Quantum of Solace "The TLD22" 2008

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Sword Art Online II "Dark Wind" 2014


Calico M950/950A

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Calico M950 semiautomatic pistol - 9x19mm
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Calico M950 pistol converted to full auto fire with plain barrel and 100 round helical magazine - 9x19mm
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Calico M950A select fire pistol with factory foregrip - 9x19mm

The Calico M950 is the pistol version of the 9x19mm carbine. It is also available in a full auto version, the M950A, however, movie armorers have converted M950 semi-automatic pistols to emulate the M950A in films, thus contributing to the confusing array of variants appearing in films that fire fully automatic. The M950A from the factory has a pistol foregrip to aid in controlling barrel climb during full auto fire. In some films like I Come In Peace, the gun is a converted M950 (with an accelerated rate of fire) but the foregrip was not installed since blanks don't create the muzzle climb that live rounds do. Neither the M950 nor the M950A have a retractable stock, nor can one be installed on that type of receiver, so if you see a retractable stock, it is not one of these models.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Tango & Cash Sylvester Stallone Det. Ray Tango 1989
I Come In Peace Dolph Lundgren Jack Caine 1990
I Come In Peace Brian Benben Laurence Smith 1990
I Come In Peace Matthias Hues Talec as an alien weapon 1990
I Come In Peace Jay Bilas Aleck as an alien weapon 1990
RoboCop 2 One of Cain's thugs 1990
Total Recall Cohaagen's men 1990
Maniac Cop 2 NYPD officer on a shooting range 1990
Maniac Cop 2 Robert Z'Dar Matt Cordell 1990
Stone Cold William Forsythe Ice 1991
Hard Boiled Tony Leung Chiu Wai Alan 1992
Strapped 1993
RoboCop 3 Machine-gun portion of RoboCop's 'Gun-Arm' 1993
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence Robert Z'Dar Matt Cordell flashback footage taken from Maniac Cop 2 1990
Point of No Return A guard 1993
The Crow Tony Todd Grange 1994
The Crow Michael Wincott Top Dollar 1994
Virtuosity Russell Crowe SID 6.7 1995
Destination Vegas Tom Badal Daniel 1995
Destination Vegas Claude Duhamel Texas 1995
Space Truckers Pirates 1996
Double Team Seen in armory 1997

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
seaQuest DSV As a Pulse weapon 1993-1996

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Jurassic Park: Trespasser 1998
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business 1999
Delta Force: Land Warrior 2000
Fallout Tactics 2001
Alliance of Valiant Arms As the "Calico M950" M950A 2007
Chaser as a tranquilizer gun 2003
Söldner: Secret Wars 2004
Terrorist Takedown 2: US Navy Seals 2008
Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures pre-release images only 2009
Armed Forces Corps 2009
Counter-Strike Online 2015


Anime

Title Character Note Date
Armitage III Rene' D'anclaude 1994
Gunsmith Cats Russian assassin 1995 - 1996
Vandread Barnette 2000 - 2001


Calico M955A

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Calico M955A Submachine gun - 9x19mm

The Calico M955A is an select fire/intermediate length barrel version of the M951 full length carbine.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
New Jack City Ice-T Scotty Appleton 1991
Star Trek: First Contact Alfre Woodard Lily Sloane 1996
Deep Rising Treat Williams Finnegan As the M1-L1 Triple-Pulse Rifle 1998
Deep Rising Famke Janssen Trillian As the M1-L1 Triple-Pulse Rifle 1998
Deep Rising Wes Studi Hanover As the M1-L1 Triple-Pulse Rifle 1998
I Spy Miscellaneous thugs 2002

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
The X-Files Military/Black-ops personnel "Little Green Men" (S2E01), "Paper Clip" (S3E02), "Apocrypha" (S3E16) 1994 - 1996


Calico M960A

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Calico M960A - 9x19mm

The Calico M960A is the pistol length submachine gun with retractable stock and foregrip. Most of the time the 50 round helical magazine is installed. Interestingly enough, when the 100 round helical magazine is installed, it extends beyond the telescoping stock when retracted all the way. It is the base weapon for the plasma rifles used in the Terminator series.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Police Story 3: Supercop Wah Yuen Panther 1992
Bad Boys A thug 1995
Tomorrow Never Dies Carver's henchmen 1997
Tomorrow Never Dies Pierce Brosnan James Bond 1997
RoboCop 3 1993
Stealth Terrorist Bodyguard 2005

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Ultimate Force Heather Peace Becca Gallagher 2002 - 2007

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
7.62 High Calibre 2008
Combat Arms 2008
Ghost Recon Online 2012

Calico Liberty 100

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Calico Liberty 100 with fixed stock - 9x19mm

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Fallout Tactics "Liberty 100" 2001


External Links

Calico Light Weapons Homepage