appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . april 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message cascade cartridge inc. headquarters lewiston idaho united states products ammunition website 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 produced the first mini mag rimfire ammunition in 1963 and in 1975 developed the stinger a hypervelocity .22 long rifle product . history edit founded by dick speer brother of vernon speer who founded speer bullets in the early 1950s cci is as of february 2015 a subsidiary of vista outdoor a spinoff of alliant techsystems . 1 as of the same date cci employed about 1100 people . 2 on june 14 2009 the minneapolis st. paul star tribune reported that alliant techsystems edina and humbert ctts sas were awarded an approximately us 14 million contract to provide speer golddot 9mm ammunition to the french gendarmerie french customs french corrections and all 250 000 police officers in france . 3 defense ammunition edit cci speer sells the gold dot line component bullets and commercially loaded premium 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 . 4 5 the gold dot line is now in use by many police departments . citation needed references edit atk commercial products . cci speer . atk company overview pdf . atk . retrieved 21 december 2012 . dead link minneapolis st.paul startribune . 2009 06 16 . retrieved from http www.startribune.com business 48193407.html elr karks dciu1oip diiuid3apc yyc auu on 2009 08 24 . archived by webcite at http www.webcitation.org 5jhk39qn2 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 v t e alliant techsystems products aargm m242 bushmaster james webb space telescope citation needed pgk atk aerospace group general applied science laboratory swales aerospace thiokol atk sporting group bushnell corporation cci federal premium ammunition savage arms federal cartridge charles l. horn twin city ordnance plant general applied science laboratory antonio ferri gasl projectile nasa hypersonic pulse facility theodore von k rm n retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cci ammunition & oldid 741923572 categories lewiston idahocompanies based in idahocompanies established in the 1950sfirearm manufacturers of the united statesammunition manufacturersalliant techsystems1950s establishments in idahohidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from may 2016wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from april 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2016articles with unsourced statements from june 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 14 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view