[Byron]

Remington 357 Multi ball

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Some years ago Remington made a 357 load that contained two 00 buchshot. It was referred to as "multi ball".Was this an effective defense load? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Byron

[Gordon]

No longer made- for good reason!:rolleyes:

[rcmodel]

Winchester made a multi-bullet load for .38 Special about the same time. Maybe .357 too, but I don't remember.

They had three? I think, short pointed wadcutters nested one on top of the next one.
Like little cones, with wadcutter shoulders!

They actually did work, and would cluster the three bullets in a nice group at 7 yards, but the individual bullets were too light to offer much penetration.

rcmodel

[Moonclip]

Remington made the round ball load, a two ball load, in .38spl also. I think the payload weighed 140gr. I never have heard of the Win variation but have seen handloads like that.

I shot some Rem .38spl like this. The two balls at 7 yards impact very close to each other.

[trashpickinman]

I've heard of two different multi-load rounds. First was a .38 special loaded with 4 50gr cone shaped bullets. The other was the M198 7.62x51mm which was loaded with two ~80gr bullets, the base of the bottom bullet canted at an angle of about 9 degrees to control dispersion. The M198 had a green tip for identification.

[Jenrick]

Also known as a pawnshop load for the three balls, the traditional sign of a pawnshop.

-Jenrick

[LeonCarr]

If you handload you can make them by putting two 00 buckshot inside a Speer shot capsule.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr