#WeirdMagazines

There is simply no other way to put it – I buy a lot of magazines every year, even though I don’t wind up using all of them. Most of this has to do with having to review a lot of different firearms throughout the year, all of which use different types of magazines, many of which are so proprietary or rare that you can often only find them online. AK, AR, and Glock magazines are pretty much a dime a dozen these days and you can get them at a pretty predictable price pretty much anywhere. The magazines we’ll be taking a look at today can often only be found online, and even then are often not in stock due to their somewhat niche nature, however, once again the good folks at TheMagShack.com have stepped in to help us find the non-standard magazines we’re looking for.

Ahhh the Calico. A relic of the 1980s that probably should have… died in the 80s. These strange roller delayed blowback 9mm carbines, pistols, and rifles make use of a very strange helical magazine that holds up to 100 rounds (or 50 if your a low capacity kind of guy) and are a bit notorious for not running to well. However underneath the magazine is a pretty interesting gun.