40mm Buckshot round would likely be more lethal?
There is an existing 40mm buckshot round that fires 24, 00 buck shot projectiles.
I'm fairly certain 24 pellets of 00 buck is going to do more damage then 18 rounds of .22.
I'm guessing that the "beehive" round is actually a "pepper pot" which has barrels for each of the 18 .22lr rounds. Seems like that would be more expensive and less lethal then the buckshot round.
There is also a variant of the buckshot round with fewer larger 'rubber balls' that is a less lethal crowd control round.
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