weapons inc type private industry firearms founded october 1982 1982 10 headquarters elgin oregon u.s. area served worldwide products firearms magazines speed loaders other firearm accessories website www.calicolightweaponsystems.com calico light weapons inc. clws is an american privately held manufacturing company based in elgin oregon . it designs develops and manufactures semi automatic firearms . the company was established in 1982 in bakersfield california and released its first production weapon in 1985 . in 1998 the company s operations were moved to sparks nevada where replacement parts for existing weapons were produced . 1 in 2006 calico was sold once again and moved to hillsboro oregon where full production of firearms resumed . calico implemented a cnc machining process and upgraded materials used in manufacture . additionally there were minor redesigns of some production models to increase durability and reliability . contents 1 products 2 view 3 products 4 see also 5 references 6 external links products edit clws produces a line of pistols and pistol caliber carbines . calico firearms feature a top mounted helical feed 50 or 100 round magazine that ejects spent shells from a port in the bottom making a brass catcher practical in various situations . the calico 9 mm pistols carbines and submachine guns use the roller delayed blowback principle used in the heckler & koch series of firearms . 1 2 at the 2012 shot show calico exhibited a prototype 12 gauge shotgun with top mounted helical magazine . view edit although reviews of the product line were very favorable calico is working to secure military and law enforcement and export contracts . calico firearms have appeared in several action and science fiction films for example ranging from spaceballs and i come in peace 3 to james bond due to their reliability capacity and unique futuristic appearance . the company tagline is a revolution in firepower calico remains one of the largest manufacturers of large magazines for automatic and semi automatic weapons 50 and 100 rounds . 1 products edit current .22 lr pistols calico m110 4 .22 lr rifles calico m100s & m 100 tactical m 100fs & m 100fs tactical 9mm pistols calico liberty iii & liberty iii tactical 4 9mm rifles liberty i and ii liberty i and ii tactical calico m960 military and law enforcement only calico m960a discontinued .22 lr pistols m 100p 9mm pistols m950 carbines m 900 m 951 sub machineguns m 750 m 900a m 950a 5 see also edit list of companies based in oregon references edit a b c lewis jack 28 february 2011 . assault weapons . iola wisconsin gun digest books . pp. 158 161 . isbn 1 4402 2629 6 . peterson phillip 15 november 2010 . gun digest buyer s guide to tactical rifles . iola wisconsin gun digest books . pp. 32 34 . isbn 1 4402 1781 5 . http www.imfdb.org wiki i come in peace a b hogg ian v. ; walter john 29 august 2004 . pistols of the world . david & charles . p. 56 . isbn 0 87349 460 1 . hogg ian v. 2001 . submachine guns . greenhill books . pp. 126 127 . isbn 978 1 85367 448 8 . external links edit calico official web site modern firearms calico smgs site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title calico light weapons systems & oldid 744280373 categories firearm manufacturers of the united statescompanies established in 1982privately held companies based in oregontrial and research firearmsunion county oregon1982 establishments in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschlietuvi edit links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 07 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view