Out of curiosity, I was wondering whether there are any historical accounts of medieval handgonners using 'scattergun' or 'buck and ball' type loads in their weapons, rather than a single lead ball? I'm no expert on this field, but in my limited reading I only saw reference to single projectiles being loaded. I thought that maybe trying out a scattergun load might have crossed someone's mind at some point during the medieval period, especially if you were shooting into a pack of spear-wielding peasants closing in fast...