This has probably been discussed at length here in the past but being a forum newbie I'll ask anyway. Has it been conclusively proven whether or not coning a muzzle has any effect on accuracy? Has anyone shot an un-coned barrel enough to determine it's accuracy, then coned the muzzle to see how the accuracy was affected? When I started shooting muzzleloaders in the '70's there wasn't much information on coned muzzles so we packed short starters. The only reference to coned muzzles I remember was in Baird's book and I think he wasn't sure about the effect on Hawken rifles or even why muzzles were coned. I could be wrong about that though, it's been awhile since I read the books. I'm not asking for opinions. I have enough of those myself. I'm looking for proven facts.
Thanks,
JS
Thanks,
JS