A sabot assembly includes a housing defining an interior space and a plurality of projectiles and received in the interior space. The interior space is at least partially defined by a plurality of concavities, each of which is configured to receive a respective projectile. The housing is configured to separate and fall away once the sabot assembly is fired through a gun barrel, thereby releasing the projectiles from the interior space toward a target prior to impact of the sabot assembly with the target.

A cartridge for a firearm, including a projectile, a gas check, a case, a propellant, and a primer configured to ignite the propellant. The propellant is arranged between the gas check and an end surface of the case in which the primer is arranged. The case is crimped against the projectile. The case includes an open end with discrete roll crimps distributed along a circumference of the open end. The case further includes tapered crimps between the roll crimps along the circumference of the open and. The open end alternates between tapered and roll crimps along the entire circumference of the open end. Each of the roll crimps and tapered crimps are crimped to the projectile.

A cartridge for a firearm, including a projectile, a gas check, a case, a propellant, and a primer configured to ignite the propellant. The propellant is arranged between the gas check and an end surface of the case in which the primer is arranged. The case is crimped against the projectile. The case includes an open end with discrete roll crimps distributed along a circumference of the open end. The case further includes tapered crimps between the roll crimps along the circumference of the open and. The open end alternates between tapered and roll crimps along the entire circumference of the open end. Each of the roll crimps and tapered crimps are crimped to the projectile.

A multi-projectile ammunition cartridge has a casing that extends along a central axis to a mouth, the casing having an internal surface and an external surface. An inside surface of the casing adjacent the mouth is parallel to the central axis while the external surface has a slight taper relative to the central axis. Two or more coaxially aligned projectiles are retained within the parallel portion of the casing adjacent the mouth, each projectile having a tapered nose and a rear cavity, where a nose profile of a rearward one of the projectiles differs from the a cavity profile of a forward adjacent one of the projectiles.