Korean cannon-fired finned darts

Could a fin-stabilized dart projectile have been useful in this period?

Koreans tried large finned darts; they could be accurate at range but were harder to load and could fail dangerously in the cannon.

The comparison with a modern fin-stabilized penetrator is only approximate, but Korean gunners did fire large finned darts. Accounts credited them with better long-range accuracy, while their complexity made loading harder and could produce catastrophic failures inside the gun.