I don't have alot of experience with rifled muzzleloaders, but my intuition leads me to believe that neither swagged or run balls makes alot of difference in a rifled barrel since any varience in weight would be averaged out by the spinning projectile. And the high ballistic coefficient would probably negate most of the advantage gained by shooting "perfect balls". But if I were shooting targets I'd choose the roundest, best ball I could find. Now my question has to do with smoothbores. Which type of projectile (run or swagged) will shoot best from a smoothbore? Does the fact that there isn't any rifling make the choice of ball more or less critical?
Taylor in Texas
Taylor in Texas