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Cascade Cartridge Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAmmunition
FounderDick Speer
Headquarters
Lewiston, Idaho
,
United States
ProductsAmmunition
OwnerVista Outdoor
Websitehttps://www.cci-ammunition.com/

CCI (Cascade Cartridge Inc.), based in Lewiston, Idaho, manufactures rimfire ammunition, centerfire handgun ammunition, and primers for reloaders and industrial power loads. CCI made the first mini-mag rimfire ammunition in 1963, and in 1975 developed the Stinger, a high velocity .22 Long Rifle product. Today, CCI makes a wide range of rimfire and snake shot ammunition.[1][2]

CCI was founded by Dick Speer (brother of Vernon Speer, who founded Speer Bullets) and Arvid Nelson in the early 1950s. Speer previously worked as a machinist for Boeing. The Omark Company purchased CCI in 1967. Omark was purchased by Blount International in 1985. As of February 2015, it was a subsidiary of Vista Outdoor, a spinoff of Alliant Techsystems.[3] As of that time, CCI employed about 1,100 people.[4]

CCI sells the Gold Dot line, component bullets, and handgun ammunition using a bonded copper plated hollow point bullet. Plated bullets were originally sold only for hand-loading as a cheap substitute for jacketed bullets.[5][6]

CCI's parent company, Vista Outdoor, is the largest manufacturer of ammunition in the United States.[7]

References

  1. ^ https://www.cci-ammunition.com/products/products.aspx CCI ammunition product list
  2. ^ Ekman, Elle (21 October 2021). "The Great American Ammunition Conspiracy". The American Prospect. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. ^ ATK Commercial Products. "CCI/Speer".
  4. ^ "ATK Company Overview" (PDF). ATK. Retrieved 21 December 2012. [dead link]
  5. ^ "Speer Gold Dot description". Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
  6. ^ Patent 5,079,814, for a bonded plated hollow point bullet (the Speer Gold Dot)
  7. ^ Williams, Elaine. "Ammunition sales help power strong quarter at Vista Outdoor". The Lewiston Tribine. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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