Okay now, I read this discussion before and did not wade in. I have read many artcles over the years about black powder and velocity. The preponderance of information indicates that the more resistance to movement of the projectile, the higher the pressure and the higher the velocity. Resistance equals compression equals pressure equals velocity. It has been revealed by chronograph that as the barrel dirties from continued firing the velocity increases. This is due to resistance of movement of the projectile. In fact, in my own experience, I have found a tightly packed load gives a louder report and increased recoil. Even my nine year old grand nephew at the time noticed this when he stamped a load really hard in my .54 caliber pistol. The only reason for increased recoil with the same load in the same gun from shot to shot would be increased velocity. So, I would conclude that the rifled barrel would expell the projectile with more velocity than the smooth barrel and the looser the ball in the smoothie the less velocity. :blah: And the powder-wad-loose ball- wad would produce the least velocity, unless the over powder wad is a stiff one which is really tight in the bore. :m2c: In fact, Just yesterday I was shooting blue rock at a competition using an assortment of wads. I had crazy variations in report and recoil according to which wads I used. :results:
God bless. :redthumb:
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