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So maybe it wasn't before closing, per se, but before really committing to close quarters?

Maybe swooping in, firing, and disengaging to maneuver into a better position against the hobbled opponent? It strikes me as being about priorities and tradeoffs on a first pass: the British go...

If the rules more or less reflect the actual ranges of real ammunition, it could be because by chaining two balls together, you 1) add weight and 2) cause them to exert force on one another swinging...

I just read that. I suspect that, in real life, not all the guns would have been loaded with chain shot for just that kind of reason.

I don't know about tactics, but I would think that the wonky physics of flying chain shot would reduce its overall range as well as the range at which it could be effectively aimed.