38/357 75 grain WC x 3?

[jmorris]

Getting kind of bored but had a little sunshine today that made me think about play again. I’ve had some 75 gn wad cutters sitting on the kitchen counter and I could make my wife happy and put them to use.

I figured stacking two and using data for a 148gn wad cutter would be fairly simple task. Even for 38 spl loads but was wondering if anyone has ever loaded 3 in a 357 magnum case and if so what was their load data?

 

[Walkalong]

I've seen it done before, I believe it was in Guns and Ammo many years ago. Loaded one more in .357 cases vs .38 Spl.

I figured stacking two and using data for a 148gn wad cutter would be fairly simple task.

Agreed.

wondering if anyone has ever loaded 3 in a 357 magnum case and if so what was their load data?

Good question, shouldn't be too hard for you to come up with a load, but I understand trying to get a good starting point if someone here has done it.

 

[jmorris]

I guess you’ve got to start somewhere and the beginning is as good a place as any.

The sun came out long enough to set two on top of 3.0gn of bullseye.



Then knock the dust off “old faithful”, staple a target up and bang 6 (or 12 as it were) 10 yards away. I kind of wish I had slow fired them once I was done, curious now if the almost perfect double was by chance or two, in one round, didn’t separate like the others.

 

[nofendertom]

Remington used to make a Multi-Ball load---two 70gr lead balls (000 buck) in a .38 or .357 case (can't recall).

 

[Swampman]

Not my data and it's for roundballs, but may be helpful.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/multiple-projectile-loads.659085/#post-8160935

 

[Archie]

An old friend of mine did it in the 1970s and lived. So did the revolver. I never got around to it, and forgot the load. Worked well, but it was defensive and the three bullets would normally spread out and be single strikes past 15 yards or so.