CCI Ammunition
| File:CascadeCartridgeIncLogo.jpg | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Ammunition |
| Founder | Dick Speer |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Products | Ammunition |
| Owner | Vista Outdoor |
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]
CCI was founded by Dick Speer (brother of Vernon Speer, who founded Speer Bullets) in the early 1950s. As of February 2015, it was a subsidiary of Vista Outdoor, a spinoff of Alliant Techsystems.[2] As of the same date, CCI employed about 1,100 people.[3]
In early 2020, CCI introduced 14 new products.[4]
CCI/Speer 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 handloading as a cheap substitute for jacketed bullets.[5][6]
References
- ^ https://www.cci-ammunition.com/products/products.aspx CCI ammunition product list
- ^ ATK Commercial Products. "CCI/Speer".
- ^ "ATK Company Overview" (PDF). ATK. Retrieved 21 December 2012. [dead link]
- ^ Eger, Chris. "CCI DELIVERS OVER A DOZEN NEW RIMFIRE LOADS FOR 2020". Guns.com.
- ^ "Speer Gold Dot description". Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
- ^ Patent 5,079,814, for a bonded plated hollow point bullet (the Speer Gold Dot)