A small arms cartridge load that fires bird shot and a full wadcutter bullet. The cartridge is loaded with both a wadcutter and shot. A cup crimped to the casing is used to secure the contents inside the casing. No plastic capsule is needed to secure the shot in place. Removing the plastic capsule prevents the shot from taking the rifling and thus keeping the pattern tighter to extend the effective distance of the shot. The wadcutter can be hard cast to provide greater penetrating force. The load can be effective in deterring varmints or for defensive purposes.

A crimping tool for assembling a countermeasure expendable. The crimping tool includes a main body that has a top end, a bottom end vertically opposite to the top end, and an axis defined between the top end and the bottom end. The main body is configured to receive a cap of the countermeasure expendable, a spacer of the countermeasure expendable, and a cartridge case of the countermeasure expendable. The crimping tool also includes a presser that selectively operably engages with the main body and is configured to press the cap and the spacer of the countermeasure expendable into the cartridge case of the countermeasure expendable. The crimping tool also includes a set of crimpers that operably engages with the main body and is configured to crimp at least the cap, the spacer, the cartridge case with one another to collectively maintain the cap and the spacer with the cartridge case.