Precision Cartridge, Inc.
Established in 1986
Hobart, Indiana
- remanufactured ammunition
- Camdex machines
- Frangible bullets
- lead safe – for shooting ranges
Tag Archives: ammo
History and Development of Small Arms Ammunition – Volume 2
1982
by
- 600 blackpowder centerfire cartridges
- ISBN-10 : 096049829X
Dillon Precision
started 1980
Scottsdale
- Dillon Precision is privately owned by the Dillon family
- 1970s Begins to sell to fellow Class 3 shooters, commercial loaders
- 1980 Business grows out of garage, creation of Dillon Precision Products.
- January 1984 – Dillon goes factory direct for sales
- May 1985- RL-550 replaces the RL-450
- November, 1986- Introduction of the Square Deal
- 1980s- Introduction of the RL 450 jr
- Winter, 1989- RL1000 replaced by the RL1050
- 1991-ish- Introduction of the XL65
- December, 2005- Case feeder becomes available
- they also manufacture a 7.62 NATO high speed ammunition unloader
Dillon Precision Products, Inc.
8009 East Dillon’s Way
Scottsdale, AZ 85260 U.S.A.
800-223-4570
dillonprecision.com
History of modern U.S. military small arms ammunition
1978
F. W Hackley
CCI
Cascade Cartridge Inc
founded in 1951
Lewiston, Idaho
- 1951 founded by Dick Speer (1915-1994) in Lewiston, Idaho
– machinist at Boeing Aircraft’s Seattle plant
– brother of Vernon Speer, who founded Speer Bullets
– there was money to be made in reloading - provided a steady source of component primers
- bought a 17-acre chicken ranch next to the Lewiston Gun Club
– a mile south of brother Vernon’s bullet works
– production began in a renovated chicken coop - When the Lewiston Gun Club moved, Speer bought the adjoining property
- February 2015 bought by Vista Outdoor
CCI/Blazer
2299 Snake River Ave.
Lewiston, ID 83501
1-866-286-7436
cci-ammunition.com
Nosler
began in 1948
in Bend, Oregon
“Quality First”
- April 4, 1913 John Amos Nosler was born
- 1946 unsuccessful moose hunt inspired Nosler to develop a new bullet design
- Nosler Partition bullets used a specially designed jacket enclosing two separate lead alloy cores
- 1948 Nosler began to sell the partition bullets commercially, forming Nosler Partition Bullet Co in in Ashland, Oregon
- 1958 moved to 6,000 sq. ft. building in Bend, Oregon
- 1963 Norma became Nosler’s first commercial loader.
- 1969 Nosler Partition Bullet Co. became Nosler Bullets, Inc.
- 1974 Federal Cartridge Company commercially loaded Nosler bullets for the first time
- 1976 Reloading Guide #1 was released
- 1981 Reloading Guide #2 was released
- 1982 moved to Bend, Oregon
- 1988 John Nosler sold the production facilities to his son
- 1989 Reloading Guide #3 was released
- 1990 Nosler Bullets, Inc. became Nosler, Inc
- 2002 Reloading Guide #5 was released.
- October 10, 2010 John Nosler died (97)
- 2011 Nosler gains ISO 9001: 2008 certification
- 2012 Bob Nosler elected to NRA Board of Directors
- 2013 Nosler® Defense Ammunition was introduced
- 2014 M48 Patriot and Heritage rifles introduced
- 2020 Nosler Rifles production moves to Redmond, Oregon
Nosler
107 SW Columbia St
Bend, Oregon
1-800-285-3701
nosler.com
Speer
started in 1943
Lewiston, Idaho
- 1943 Vernon Speer started building bullets
– reloaders couldn’t get components from ammo companies during World War II - initially focused on hunting rifle bullets
- he also built the first mass-produced jacketed handgun bullets for hunting and law enforcement
- 1960 Lawman line
- Speer Gold Dot
- Vista Outdoor
Speer
2299 Snake River Ave.
Lewiston, ID 83501
1-866-286-7436
speer.com
Federal Premium Ammunition
April 27, 1922
in Anoka, Minnesota
- April 27, 1922 Charles L. Horn founded Federal Cartridge Corporation in Anoka, Minnesota
– four factories
– 700,000 square feet - 1941 Federal won an $87-million contract from the U.S. government
– to build and operate the $30-million Twin City Ordnance Plant (TCOP) - 1977 William B. Horn introduced Federal’s Premium line of centerfire rifle and shotshell ammunition
- 1987 – 2020 worked with a local non-profit group to employ people with disabilities
- Premium line with projectiles from Nosler Partition and Sierra boat-tail
- 2014 built modern water-treatment plant
- February 2015 owned by Vista Outdoor
- 2019 started selling directly to consumers through online store
- customers can order hand-loaded ammunition customized for their needs
Elmer Keith
March 8, 1899 – February 14, 1984 (85)
During World War II, was an inspector at the Ogden, Utah Arsenal
Rifles that he inspected are cartouche stamped with the initials “OGEK” in a rectangular box
Creator of the:
1935 – .357 Magnum cartridge
1956 – .44 Magnum cartridge
1963 – .41 Magnum cartridge
1956 – Ruger Model 29 .44 Magnum single action Blackhawk revolver
Rio Royal
1872
Texas
- Alfred Nobel
– 355 patents
– owned 90 factories
– left his fortune to the Nobel Prize - 1857 first patent for gunpowder filed in Sweden
- 1863 invented a new kind of detonator
- 1864 major explosion killed his younger brother Emil
- 1865 invented the blasting cap
- 1867 invention of dynamite
- 1875 invented gelignite
- 1887 invented ballistite
- 1896 RIO founded by Alfred Nobel
- 2002 Introduced to the U.S. market
– McEwen, Tennessee - 2012 the Nobel endowment was worth $472 million
- 2014 original factory in McEwen, Tennessee (exploded)
- 2015 moved to Texas
– headquartered in Irving, Texas
– warehouse in Marshall, Texas
– 105,000-square-foot
– produces approximately one million shotgun shells on a daily basis
RIO Ammunition
433 E Las Colinas Blvd., Ste 900
Irving, Texas 75039
214-389-1896
