Recent proton experiments on Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II used a 2 &mgr;m gold foil cone to characterize the ion beam. Using the ion beam images obtained by viewing beam‐induced characteristic line radiation emitted by such foils with time‐integrated x‐ray pinhole cameras, the beam centroid axial location and azimuthal symmetry have been analyzed for a recent series of target shots. Azimuthal symmetry on the target midplane on individual shots varied from 6% to 29%. Averaged over the entire series of shots, inferred intensities on the target midplane varied by 24% to 37% from quadrant to quadrant. The beam profiles and beam reproducibility are vital to the interpretation of the results of these target experiments.