Anyone tell me what type of pistol this is?

25.06 · December 11, 2012, 09:54 PM

Seen this on a tv show and am trying to identify it. Any ideas. It looks like some type of sub machine gun. At first I thought it was a suicide gun lol it looks like it faces backwards.

Rifleman1952 · December 11, 2012, 10:00 PM

I believe it's an earlier version of the Calico 22lr. Perhaps the M-110.

http://calicolightweaponsystems.com/....php?page=22-2

25.06 · December 11, 2012, 10:16 PM

Awesome thank you.

Yung.gunr · December 11, 2012, 11:11 PM

I agree, that looks like a Calico. The big thing on top is the magazine. Very interesting design. Never seen one, love to though.

**Spats McGee** · December 11, 2012, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Yung.gunr

. . . .The big thing on top is the magazine. . . .

How many boolits does it hold?

Yung.gunr · December 11, 2012, 11:43 PM

I believe the 9mm holds 50 or 100 rounds. Very interesting. I wonder what it feels like??.. That's a lot of weight over your wrist/hand.

Smit · December 12, 2012, 01:39 AM

Does not appear to be a very practical design....Semi-Auto Shoulder Puncher?

**Mike Irwin** · December 12, 2012, 07:56 AM

I was friends with a police officer in Pennsylvania who carried, as his car rifle, a Calico 9mm with the 50 round magazine.

We were at the range one afternoon when he pulled it out to shoot it. About 3 shots in it spat out a bunch of parts in a couple of different directions.

He never carried it again. The next time I saw him he had an AR-15.

BillM · December 12, 2012, 09:33 AM

Had a 22 cal pistol version. 100 rd helical magazine. Ran about 5 100
rd mags full through it and sold it. It actually functioned fine. Trigger
pull was so-so, loading the mags was a bit tedious. Ergonomics sucked
and accuracy was just OK. It would be a hoot if it was full auto, but
a registered DIAS for a Calico is crazy expensive if you can find one.

Gaerek · December 12, 2012, 10:48 AM

Calico's were featured prominently in the original Total Recall movie. I'm guessing due to their futuristic look (though a P90, available at the time would have been cooler I think). There's a good reason you don't see many of them around, and I think Mike's post does a good job showing that reason.

Yung.gunr · December 12, 2012, 03:38 PM

I had wondered why you never see em.... Maybe lack of quality...

It is an interesting design though. If money were no object I would have one, and I don't say that about everything...

Fishbed77 · December 12, 2012, 05:17 PM

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Calico's were featured prominently in the original Total Recall movie. I'm guessing due to their futuristic look (though a P90, available at the time would have been cooler I think).

The P90 was intruduced to the market in 1990, the same year Total Recall was released. However, the movie was filmed in 1989, so P90s were not yet available.

Gaerek · December 12, 2012, 05:47 PM

Quote:

The P90 was intruduced to the market in 1990, the same year Total Recall was released. However, the movie was filmed in 1989, so P90s were not yet available.

Good to know. For some reason I was thinking Total Recall was 1992. I guess calico's were about as futuristic as you could find.

Technosavant · December 12, 2012, 06:01 PM

I've only ever seen one Calico in real life- a .22LR model. I didn't shoot it, but it sure did not have anything close to a quality feel about it. With a full magazine it would be rather top heavy and the grip was not comfortable at all. The general feel just kinda was of something slapped together and not well finished.

It's a neat idea with that helical magazine, but I just don't know that it ever worked that well in practice.

Venom1956 · December 12, 2012, 06:14 PM

They looked super cool dressed up in the movie deep rising!

I really loved the Bizon's take on the helical mag. Thats been one of my favorite designs since... like '03 when I first saw it in freedom fighters... (xbox ftw!)

sleeker then a box mag and a comfy handhold. win win!

Skans · December 13, 2012, 09:26 AM

I remember these guns from the late '80's. Although I never shot one, I played with a couple "thinking" about it - they felt cheap. Too much plastic (for me) and stuff moved around on them too much. I ended up buying s Sites Spectre HC instead - 50 rounds of 9mm in a quad-stacked stick mag. Smaller, more compact, and much sturdier than the Calico guns.

December 12, 2012, 01:39 AM	#7
Smit Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2012 Posts: 310	Does not appear to be a very practical design....Semi-Auto Shoulder Puncher? __________________ "Vegetarian, an old Indian word for bad hunter."

December 12, 2012, 07:56 AM	#8
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 33,097	I was friends with a police officer in Pennsylvania who carried, as his car rifle, a Calico 9mm with the 50 round magazine. We were at the range one afternoon when he pulled it out to shoot it. About 3 shots in it spat out a bunch of parts in a couple of different directions. He never carried it again. The next time I saw him he had an AR-15. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

December 12, 2012, 06:14 PM	#15
Venom1956 Senior Member Join Date: October 4, 2008 Location: WI Posts: 2,282	They looked super cool dressed up in the movie deep rising! I really loved the Bizon's take on the helical mag. Thats been one of my favorite designs since... like '03 when I first saw it in freedom fighters... (xbox ftw!) sleeker then a box mag and a comfy handhold. win win! __________________ E-Shock rounds are engineered to expend maximum energy into soft targets, turning the density mass into an expanding rotational cone of NyTrilium matrix particles, causing neurological collapse to the central nervous system.- Yeah I can do that. I guarantee you will know it if a bicyclist hits your house going 1000 mph.

December 11, 2012, 10:00 PM	#2
Rifleman1952 Senior Member Join Date: September 1, 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 212	I believe it's an earlier version of the Calico 22lr. Perhaps the M-110. http://calicolightweaponsystems.com/....php?page=22-2

December 11, 2012, 10:16 PM	#3
25.06 Junior Member Join Date: December 11, 2012 Posts: 2	Awesome thank you.

December 11, 2012, 11:11 PM	#4
Yung.gunr Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2010 Location: Phoenix area Posts: 1,181	I agree, that looks like a Calico. The big thing on top is the magazine. Very interesting design. Never seen one, love to though.

December 11, 2012, 11:43 PM	#6
Yung.gunr Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2010 Location: Phoenix area Posts: 1,181	I believe the 9mm holds 50 or 100 rounds. Very interesting. I wonder what it feels like??.. That's a lot of weight over your wrist/hand.

December 12, 2012, 09:33 AM	#9
BillM Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2009 Location: Amity Oregon Posts: 211	Had a 22 cal pistol version. 100 rd helical magazine. Ran about 5 100 rd mags full through it and sold it. It actually functioned fine. Trigger pull was so-so, loading the mags was a bit tedious. Ergonomics sucked and accuracy was just OK. It would be a hoot if it was full auto, but a registered DIAS for a Calico is crazy expensive if you can find one.

December 12, 2012, 10:48 AM	#10
Gaerek Senior Member Join Date: October 3, 2012 Location: Arizona Posts: 811	Calico's were featured prominently in the original Total Recall movie. I'm guessing due to their futuristic look (though a P90, available at the time would have been cooler I think). There's a good reason you don't see many of them around, and I think Mike's post does a good job showing that reason.

December 12, 2012, 03:38 PM	#11
Yung.gunr Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2010 Location: Phoenix area Posts: 1,181	I had wondered why you never see em.... Maybe lack of quality... It is an interesting design though. If money were no object I would have one, and I don't say that about everything...

December 12, 2012, 06:01 PM	#14
Technosavant Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO area Posts: 3,641	I've only ever seen one Calico in real life- a .22LR model. I didn't shoot it, but it sure did not have anything close to a quality feel about it. With a full magazine it would be rather top heavy and the grip was not comfortable at all. The general feel just kinda was of something slapped together and not well finished. It's a neat idea with that helical magazine, but I just don't know that it ever worked that well in practice.

December 13, 2012, 09:26 AM	#16
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 6,243	I remember these guns from the late '80's. Although I never shot one, I played with a couple "thinking" about it - they felt cheap. Too much plastic (for me) and stuff moved around on them too much. I ended up buying s Sites Spectre HC instead - 50 rounds of 9mm in a quad-stacked stick mag. Smaller, more compact, and much sturdier than the Calico guns.