As relates to designing boolits, a few years ago I tested a few different nose designs in a .41 caliber percussion revolver to see what's what.
With the same charge of powder the semi-wadcutter and round-flat point were best. The wadcutter was of course the worst.
Any how, got me to thinking, the advent of smokeless and magnums, the introduction of designs other than the round-flat noses that had previously pretty much been the universal constant. It's interesting to look back at how things evolved.