CCI, Federal to Increase .22 Production by 20%

By Dean Weingarten

For the last three years, store shelves have been empty of .22 ammo more often than not. The lack of rimfire ammo, and the high price of the ammo available, has negatively impacted recreational shooting. Looking for an update on the Great .22 Ammo Shortage, I spoke to Dan Compton [above] at SHOT. Dan’s Senior Product Line Specialist for Vista Outdoors, which includes CCI and Federal ammunition brands, and other ammo industry types. Here’s what I learned . . .

Over the last year, Vista’s brands decided to increase .22 rimfire production to meet the increased demand. It will take about a year to implement that decision. Vista gave the green light to .22 investment based on the belief that the astounding demander .22 isn’t based on hoarding. The overall market has expanded to include more new shooters, young shooters, women and urban shooters. Dan told me that the style of shooting has changed as well:

“We call it the ‘Call of Duty’ style. Lots of rounds downrange increases demand. The rounds expended per session has gone up. Where people might have shot a 50 round box before, now they shoot a 525 round box, …Read the Rest

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