Cone of Fire

[Seer]

The cone of fire does not simulate the bullet coming out of your gun at an angle. That's physically impossible. It simulates you holding the gun at an angle more than the inaccuracy of the gun itself.

If you're right next to someone, of course you will hit them. The base of your cone will be completely inside their hitbox.

[BladeRunner]

Yeah the confusion wasn't about recoil really at all...

Thanks for the pics Seer it's making sense to me now.