Originally Posted By: 2-piper
Since this is a shotgun forum & it wasn't stated otherwise I assumed we were speaking of shotguns & not rifles.


Same physics apply, i.e. crimped shells and wads moving through a forcing cone vs neither in a muzzleloader. In fact, slight alterations in a shot shell crimp can have dramatic effects on the pressures generated in a given load, perhaps even more so than in a rifle load.

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