While reading recent discussions on this forum as well as having an interest in the performance of various defensive ammunition loads, I started wondering who was first to make a jacketed hollow-point (JHP). I'm specifically referring to handgun cartridges.

I know the cartridge that gave 9mm a bad reputation (undeserved) after the 1986 Miami shootout was the Winchester Silvertip. So JHPs obviously pre-date the modern FBI penetration standards. I'm also pretty certain that jacketed soft-points (JSPs) pre-date JHPs. I would like to know whether anyone here on Gunsite can shed more light on this (somewhat nerdy and technical) topic.

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