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Although the round ball quickly loses velocity at normal hand gun ranges I don't think it is a factor. You can cram a whole lot more powder in a chamber when using a round ball as compared to the conical so a trade off situation develops. The old time western gun men could go either way- combustible cartridges loaded with conicals or round balls but most- to my knowledge- always went with the round balls as the better man killer- mostly because they could cram in more powder. The balls back them had a flat sprue and might have hit harder than todays perfectly round balls and the old conicals were not as well designed as today's- still, I'm not sure which is the better.
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