[madcratebuilder]

Originally Posted by Rusty.it

There was be a 45/70 load, called "three balls guard load" that has three .45 round balls over a small black powder charge, i have tryed it several time in my trapdoor carbine, just for fun, minimum recoil il good up to 50mt as defence load.
ciao
Rusty

Yup, a multi ball load was very common back in the day. I have several period books that make reference to it.