Gold Dot LE Handgun Ammunition 380 AUTO, 90 gr, GDHP, 50rd box

Speer Law Enforcement loads are designed to deliver you with the high performance that you have come to know and trust. Speer LE Gold Dot's are individually engineered to provide you with shot to shot consistency, uniformity, and optimal performance through a variety of barriers. Speer LE Gold Dot is the same ammunition that law enforcement officers demand in order to ensure if the moment arrives they have the ultimate defense in a lethal force confrontation. Law Enforcement officers trust it and so should you, Speer LE Gold Dot! * Speer Law Enforcement Gold Dot Ammunition 53606 * .380 ACP * 90 Grain Gold Dot Hollow Point * Nickel Plated Brass Cases * Test Barrel Length 3.75" * Muzzle Velocity 990 fps * Muzzle Energy 196 ft/lbs

Richard "Dick" Speer (1915-1994) demonstrated exceptional mechanical skills throughout his life. While working as a machinist at Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, he recognized a lucrative opportunity in the reloading industry inspired by his brother Vernon's success with Speer, a bullet component business.

During that era, proprietary rifle cartridge designs like Weatherby and Newton were not supported by major ammunition companies. Seeing a niche market, Dick relocated to Lewiston, Idaho, to join Vernon and began producing specialized cartridge cases using an impact extrusion process in a small room at the Speer plant.

After experimenting with a few names, Speer and his partner, Arvid Nelson, finalized on Cascade Cartridges, Inc. (CCI).

Though Speer's case-making process was effective, the quality of post-WWII cartridge brass was subpar due to depleted wartime stocks. Realizing the challenges, Speer pivoted to the component primer market, addressing a significant shortage for reloaders. Initially, CCI fulfilled a military contract using the chlorate FA-70 formula but soon shifted to non-corrosive, non-mercuric primers for sporting cartridges, revolutionizing the supply for reloaders.

To accommodate the growing business, Speer acquired a 17-acre chicken ranch near the Lewiston Gun Club, transforming the farmhouse into an office and warehouse, with production starting in a repurposed chicken coop. He quickly expanded, constructing modern laboratories and manufacturing facilities, allowing CCI to broaden its product line. When the gun club relocated, Speer purchased the adjacent property for future growth. Today, the CCI plant continues to operate on this site.