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Porting a shotgun barrel
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 7:36 am
by ovenpaa
Does anyone here shoot a Shotgun with a ported barrel and if so does it make a perceivable difference to muzzle flip and or recoil? I ask because I am thinking about porting a barrel prior to finishing so now is the time to do it however I am not sure of what change to expect having never shot a 12 bore with a ported barrel.
It will be used with slug and heavy shot.
Re: Porting a shotgun barrel
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 8:02 am
by HH1
Yes, my Benelli M2 Practical has a ported barrel and I do think it helps with speed shooting. I also have a M1 Super 90 with just a normal ribbed barrel. The other difference is that the newer M2 has the comfortech stock so does that play a part too? I don't know.
Re: Porting a shotgun barrel
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 9:47 am
by Blackstuff
The stock on the M2 definitely helps with recoil, I've shot one with a solid stock and its a fair bit more bumpy.
As for porting I think it depends quite a bit on the porting itself (where it is on the barrel, the size, direction and number of holes etc). As I couldn't easily fit a muzzle brake to my BR99 I had a bit of a look into porting and I shot two versions of the same gun, one with and one without and on some it didn't seem to make a difference at all (two different O/U's) and on others it did (An O/U, a pump and a semi-auto). In the end I didn't do it.
Re: Porting a shotgun barrel
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 9:54 pm
by DaveB
Do the people shooting with you a favour, and reconsider. I hate shooting with people using ported shotguns.
Re: Porting a shotgun barrel
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 1:24 am
by Geoff
I had a Remington 11/87 ported for slugs, didn't make a scrap of difference. I now have a muzzle brake on my Bora 99 and it certainly makes a significant difference.
Re: Porting a shotgun barrel
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 7:05 am
by Blackstuff
DaveB wrote:Do the people shooting with you a favour, and reconsider. I hate shooting with people using ported shotguns.
Where are you standing for porting on top of the end of at least a 24" barrel to be a problem
Re: Porting a shotgun barrel
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 7:14 am
by ovenpaa
it is a 24" barrel as well. I asked because the barrel will be in the Mill for some front sight work so it would be simplicity itself to carry on and drill a couple of extra lines of holes at the same time. I am also not a fan of muzzle brakes and this is effectively the same thing, probably best to leave it as it is.