Once upon a time, I came upon a box of Remington Multi-ball loads in .38 Spl. I bought it for the novelty. I later found a box of Remington Multi-ball in .357 Mag. Yep, bought those too! The printing on the boxes state that it is for 'Law Enforcemnt Use Only' (Any particular reason for that?).
For those who have never seen this load, it consists of two 000-Buck (70 grains each) dead soft lead balls contained INSIDE of a .38 or .357 case, with the last ball held in place with a roll crimp. They are supposedly a low-mid velocity loading, at approximately 850-900fps.
I shot a cylinder full of each just to see how they were for accuracy. The .38s I shot using a 3" snubbie at 7 yards. The two balls printed about 1" apart at that distance. The .357s I shot using an 8" Dan Wesson at 25 yards where they printed about 2-1/2" apart. This sounds like it would make for a great defensive load! The dead soft balls would deform upon hitting anything hard, reducing the danger of a ricochet, and each ball's weight would not allow it to overpenetrate inside a house.
I really don't want to use these factory loads too much unless I can make some of my own. I cut one open (very carefully!) and found no wad over the powder. Any suggestions on how to proceed with making some more of these things?
For those who have never seen this load, it consists of two 000-Buck (70 grains each) dead soft lead balls contained INSIDE of a .38 or .357 case, with the last ball held in place with a roll crimp. They are supposedly a low-mid velocity loading, at approximately 850-900fps.
I shot a cylinder full of each just to see how they were for accuracy. The .38s I shot using a 3" snubbie at 7 yards. The two balls printed about 1" apart at that distance. The .357s I shot using an 8" Dan Wesson at 25 yards where they printed about 2-1/2" apart. This sounds like it would make for a great defensive load! The dead soft balls would deform upon hitting anything hard, reducing the danger of a ricochet, and each ball's weight would not allow it to overpenetrate inside a house.
I really don't want to use these factory loads too much unless I can make some of my own. I cut one open (very carefully!) and found no wad over the powder. Any suggestions on how to proceed with making some more of these things?
