I don't know of anything either, and it may just be some kind of "confirmation bias"
I have seen games with the concept, and it's a real enough thing. Armies would generally tend to husband that first fire as it's the most effective. Not only do you have unfouled muskets, but the longer troops fire, the more likely they are to lose volley cohesion, or have misfires that take guns out of the mix...
If it applies to arty, I imagine it's that the first fire is the most "careful". The gunners were able to take their time loading the gun, siting them and the like, and so that would be their best shot, if perhaps not as notably as with musket fire.
_________________ Feldmarschall Freiherr Gary McClellan IR44 Portner Grenadier Battalion Austrian Army
Scenario Designer: JTS Midway JTS Seven Years War
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