Hensley & Gibbs mould #333

[Light Infantry]

Many years ago, I commercial bullet caster, showed me a H&G bullet. #333 to be exact. Basically looke like a pill. It was for 38/357. Approx 1/4 inch in height, approx 66 grains. Nice little target load to play with. He mentioned that you could stack these one of top of each other and shoot 2 or even 3 out of a single casing. Not sure if he ever did that, though.

Anyone ever have experience with this? Interesting idea, a mini buckshot round so to speak, just not sure if its feasible or possibly safe.

 

[bugs]

H&g #333

was an article in one of the shooting and blasting magazines a few years back. Used two in .38 three in .357. Do not remember loading details or accuracy.

 

[buckbrush]

I believe gun writer Dean Grennell was the inventor in both .357 and .44 calibres

 

[44Bore]

I have used the "button" bullets in a 44 mag--at 20 yards the bullets would hit about 2-3" appart (using 2 bullets per case). They were a novelty and a bit of a pain in the ass to load. I have seen multiple round balls loaded in a 45-70 but they wouldn't stay on a pistol target at 50 meters.

44Bore

 

[Boomer]

I recall seeing the stacked disks for use in a handgun cartridge, but I never shot them myself. I would expect minute of Cadillac accuracy much past 10 yards when fired from a typical .38 snubbie. I think this was an early answer to the problems faced when they began putting air marshals aboard commercial flights, but the concept died with high tech solutions like the Glazer Safety Slug. I don't recall platter rounds in either handguns or shotguns having much of a following in the recreational firearms community as they filled a very specific niche.