Originally Posted by BMur

Thanks Frieda,

This is actually the earliest commercially sold Pistol hollow point round that I am aware of. Listed as a Winchester.

So as of right now 1895 is the first year. I haven’t yet found a commercially sold black powder “Express” pistol round but I’m still looking.

I’m also trying to determine when the very first “Express” reloading tools were commercially available. I suspect the very early 1880’s but I can’t prove that yet. I know for sure that Winchester made Express tools in the early 1880’s but I don’t have a solid listing yet.

Winchester and Ideal seem to have been the first to introduce the Express reloading tools. However, It may have actually been Marlin Firearms Co.

Once the boxer primer became the standard in 1876, reloading tools flooded the market.

Murph