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History. Richard "Dick" Speer (1915-1994) possessed a remarkable talent for things mechanical. He was a machinist at Boeing Aircraft's Seattle plant when he realized that his brother Vernon's success in the component bullet business (Speer) meant there was money to be made in reloading. There were many proprietary rifle cartridge designs like ...
CCI was founded by Dick Speer (brother of Vernon Speer, who founded Speer Bullets) in the early 1950s. Arvid Nelson was a partner in the business. The firm's first shipment was part of a defense contract to make primers using chlorate FA-70. CCI later moved on to much safer formulas for sporting ammunition.
About The Kinetic Group. We engineer and manufacture the most accurate, powerful, and reliable ammunition in the world. Our brands, CCI, Speer, Federal, Remington and HEVI-Shot are some of the strongest, most respected ammunition manufacturers in the world. At CCI, we understand what you want and need. When it comes to ammunition and components ...
Jul 21, 2023 · Dick Speer. Beal & Wells photo. Lewiston industrialist Richard A. "Dick" Speer was born July 21, 1915 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. His father, who started out as a farmer and nurseryman, took up "manufacturing and engineering pursuits" before Richard's birth. Thus, after a year at a teachers' college, Richard landed a job in the engineering department ...
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I recently toured the manufacturing plants of CCI/Speer (sister companies owned by Vista Outdoor). CCI’s facilities contain a mixture of old and new machinery working around the clock to supply the world’s immense appetite for rimfire ammo. (How much ammo? They wouldn’t say, but the production I witnessed was staggering, likely millions and million...
CCI has been a leader in rimfire ammo for close to 60 years. I’ve been shooting it for half that time. Growing up, CCI was the only .22LR ammo my father trusted. Two of the loads we used are still some of CCI’s most popular — the classic Mini-Mag and the scorching-fast Stinger, which hurls a 32-grain bullet at 1,640 feet per second (fps) — but CCI ...
After the factory tour, I snuck out to CCI/Speer’s outdoor range for an hour of ammo testing. We fired an assortment of rifles and rounds, including the nearly silent Quiet-22 load. A 40-grain bullet at 710 fps is almost silent even without a suppressor. When fired through a can, however, the load makes a BB gun seem loud. As the sun began its down...
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Dick Speer founded Cascade Cartridge, Inc. in 1951 next to the Snake River in Lewiston, Idaho. The company manufactured and marketed centerfire primers for government use in its infancy. CCI now develops them for sporting applications as part of Vista Outdoor and is the world leader in rimfire products. The company also produces industrial ...
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The roots of CCI Ammo trace back to the 1950s when it was founded by Dick Speer, the brother of Vernon Speer, the founder of Speer Bullets. CCI started as a division of Speer Bullets, but it quickly gained its identity as an independent brand dedicated to manufacturing high-quality ammunition primers.
