An actual true test would be so detailed, basically nobody is going to do it & do it properly. It would be hundreds of documented steps on each barrel, before & after coning, etc.....
End result is allot people still are not going to believe it, one way or another. :hmm:
So...... why go thru the time & expense.....
Most of the testing I have seen was not even a test. They cone the barrel & then say it shot better or worse.... What kind of test is that ? You would have to spend hundreds of hrs. in load work & detailed documentation, bench shooting with the barrels clamped to benches, dif loads, patches, balls, etc. to find the absolute Best load for the barrel before & after. And even after all of that, someone will find fault with the testing...........
so...... my theory is if you want it coned, do it & if ya don't, then don't.... :idunno:
If you are a VERY good marksman, you might see a dif., be it one way or another. Or you may need to rework all you loads & find that new best load & combo all over again & get right back to where ya were or even better.
You change Anything in the barrel, be it length, charge, powder, ball, patch, lube, vent size, nipple,
ANYTHING..... IMHO it will change the group....... some allot, some little.. Some notice it, some cannot see a change at all....
Keith Lisle
