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Calico Light Weapons Inc. is a small firearms manufacturing company currently based in Hillsboro, Oregon. A firearm is a Tool that projects either single or multiple Projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion Hillsboro is a city in and the County seat of Washington County, Oregon, United States

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CLWS produces a line of pistols, and carbines. A carbine is a Firearm similar to a Rifle or Musket, but generally shorter and of lesser power 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. A helix (pl helixes or helices) from the Greek word έλιξ, is a special kind of Space curve, i Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Interestingly, the Calico 9mm pistols, carbines and submachine guns use the Roller-delayed blowback principle which is famously used in the Heckler & Koch series of firearms. Blowback is an operating system for autoloading Firearms that utilizes energy created by combustion in the chamber and bore acting directly on the bolt face through Heckler & Koch GmbH ( H&K) (pronounced ˈhɛklɐʔʊntˈkɔx is a German defense manufacturing company that produces various

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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. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban ( AWB) was a subtitle of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a Federal law of the United States The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 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. The company tagline in the 1990s was A Revolution in Firepower!.

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The Calico M100 is a blowback operated semi-automatic rifle/carbine (M100 or pistol ( M100-P) chambered in.
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