CCI (ammunition)

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]

Cascade Cartridge Inc.
Subsidiary
IndustryAmmunition
FounderDick Speer
Headquarters
Lewiston, Idaho
,
United States
ProductsAmmunition
OwnerVista Outdoor
Websitewww.cci-ammunition.com 

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
  1. https://www.cci-ammunition.com/products/products.aspx CCI ammunition product list
  2. ATK Commercial Products. "CCI/Speer".
  3. "ATK Company Overview" (PDF). ATK. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  4. Eger, Chris. "CCI DELIVERS OVER A DOZEN NEW RIMFIRE LOADS FOR 2020". Guns.com.
  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)
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