Back to the forcing cone issue. Personally I see little if any advantage to long forcing cones & some disadvantages if one desires to shoot some card & filler wads. It must however be admitted they have been highly touted as a cure-all for everything from poor patterns to excessive recoil & many bought into the hype.
I dunno, Miller. I pretty much agree with you that some of it is hype, especially the part about recoil reduction, but I recall some undeniable improvement in patterns by ChuckH when he experimented with some lengthened forcing cones in his .410s. Some may say, "Well yes, but after all, .410s aren't really important anyway". My take is that the same type of pattern improvent may take place in the larger gauges, but just at much less noticeable amounts. After all, the .410 is still a shotgun, and the shells are constructed basically the same, only much smaller. This smallness may just magnify what is really happening on a smaller scale with other bore sizes.
SRH
