The Calico M100 is a blowback operated semi-automatic rifle/carbine (M100) or pistol (M100-P) chambered in .22 LR manufactured by Calico Light Weapons Systems in California, USA and possessing a unique 100 round or 50 round helical fed magazine mounted on top of the weapon. The introduction of the American "Crime Bill" made manufacture of the Calico family of weapons for sale to civilians illegal due to the high magazine capacity, but now that that legislation has expired the company is free to build the exotic firearms in their original configuration. http://world.guns.ru/smg/calico100-22.jpg Blowback is a system in which automatic or semi-automatic firearms operate through the energy created by combustion in the chamber and bore acting directly on the bolt face through the cartridge. ... A semi-automatic firearm requires a trigger pull for each round that is fired. ... (Redirected from . ... Calico Light Weapon Systems were a company based in Bakersfield,California that developed the Calico weapons syatem. ... This article is becoming very long. ... This article is about the shape. ...

Data

• Weight: 3.7 lb unloaded, 5.5 lb (50 rd), 7.2 lb (100 rd)
• Caliber: .22 LR
• action: retarded blowback
• Barrel Length: 16 inches
• effective range: 100 yards
• rate of fire: semiauto
• muzzle velocity: 1400 ft/s

Trivia

• The gun is featured in the videogame 007: Agent Under Fire.