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Post by mrfixit on Sept 6, 2010 18:37:27 GMT -5
Anyone ever have a barrel ported and if so where? Is there a place somewhere here in Indiana? Has anyone ever used Magna Port in Michigan? I think I might want to get my shotgun barrel ported and was just wondering if anyone has had any experience or could recommend someone or someplace.
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Post by Decatur on Sept 6, 2010 19:33:51 GMT -5
Cabela's can do it if you can't find anywhere else. I was going to have it done on my S&W Model 29 a few years ago, It was about $80 then.
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Post by hornharvester on Sept 6, 2010 19:35:31 GMT -5
Magna Port is one of the best. I have a Ruger Red Label that is ported, back bored and had the forcing cones lengthened but not by them. I would stick with someone who is widely known to do good work. h.h.
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Post by mrfixit on Sept 6, 2010 19:57:45 GMT -5
HH can you tell a difference or is it something that is marginal at best? I have a o/u that I was thinking of having ported. I will be using it mainly for skeet/trap/sporting clays. It is a very bruising experience after about 100 rounds now and I was hoping maybe it would help. From what I have been reading online some say do it it's great and others say don't waste your money.
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Post by hornharvester on Sept 6, 2010 21:06:52 GMT -5
There is some difference but not as much as you might think. Weight of gun and what kind or recoil pad makes more difference than anything. If you really want to tame it down check into recoil reduction systems that go in the stock. A good recoil pad is probably the cheapest tricks to do. You might replace the pad first and see how it does and before you try porting. h.h.
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Post by mrfixit on Sept 7, 2010 5:15:49 GMT -5
Sounds like a plan! Thanks!!
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Post by swindianapaul on Sept 8, 2010 20:55:41 GMT -5
In shooting trap/skeet/sporting clays I doubt most shooters will realize a significant reduction in recoil with porting. Some yes, but not a significant amount. I shoot 7-10,000 rounds per year in sporting clays and can say that in my 4 O/Us (2 ported, 2 not), there is not much difference in recoil. When shooting hotter loads there is a noticeable difference in muzzle jump when coming onto the 2nd target though. Not such a big deak with report pairs but more so with true pairs. However, the majority of shells I shoot are in the 1155 to 1250 fps, not 1300 fps+.
One other thing to keep in mind when it comes to feeling recoil/taking a beating: HH hit it on the head in mentioning weight of the gun an recoil pad, I would also add how the gun fits you. While it may feel good once shouldered, if the length of pull is too long (and it does not take a lot to feel the change....1/8-1/4") can make a tremendous difference.
I tend to shoot brownings....which means out of the box my stubby little arms are too short and require me to do a little shortening. If you shoot at Triple H, adk John to point me out sometime so I can say howdy.
Paul
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Post by mrfixit on Sept 10, 2010 4:55:07 GMT -5
I think I'm going to try another recoil pad but I'm going to look/ask around and do a little research before I buy one. I don't shoot no where near that many rounds right now but I do plan on getting into it more. I had been a few times with just the old pump gun and liked it so well I bought a new o/u a couple weeks ago. I have been shooting just whatever I can find on sell at Gander Mountain/Dicks etc. Mostly Remington gun club loads, Estates and Federals. I do have a few boxes of Winchester AA to try next time I go over. I have shot over at Triple H and at Mitchell so since I'm such a whiny noob sometime when I'm over at Triple H you are more than welcome to thump on me a bit. ;D Heres a link to the shotgun I bought {I'm sorta of a Winchester nut} It shoots great but it does beat the heck out of you after about 100 rounds. Some of it is probably me wincing and whining like a little girl and I need to toughen up...  www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/detail.asp?family=020C&mid=513046I looked at the Brownings and someday I'll probably wind up with one or two but for now I'll just give the ole Winchester a go. I also looked at a couple Red Labels. |
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Post by esshup on Sept 30, 2010 8:06:43 GMT -5
I don't know if they are still in business, but I had Laser Ports put in my Nikko O/U and they also lengthened and polished the forcing cones a number of years ago. A buddy had the identical gun and when he shot them side by side he noticed a tremendous difference. I think the reduced muzzle rise had a lot to do with the difference in felt recoil. He sent his gun out the next week to have the same thing done to it.
I used to shoot a LOT of heavy loads in my Browning O/U. 1 3/8 oz @ 1380 fps. (I had them checked on a SAMMI proof barrel and they were within spec) One day a month I'd run thru between 300 and 500 rounds, depending on how well I was shooting, the other shooting days would be somewhere between 200 and 300 rounds.
I had a Soft-Touch recoil reduction system added to the gun, along with the lengthened and polished forcing cones. Since I was only using one barrel, I also bought a mercury recoil reducer to fit the unused chamber, and added a good recoil pad. Those changes really made a difference in recoil. I wanted to buy the gun without the factory ports and have the laser ports installed, but couldn't. The factory ports don't do a good a job as the laser ports in controlling muzzle rise.
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Post by mrfixit on Sept 30, 2010 8:24:21 GMT -5
Wow thats a lotta rounds!!
Supposedly the forcing cones have been lengthened/worked over by the factory, not sure if one needs to or if it will help lengthening them further?
I will do a google search on the laser Ports and Soft Touch to investigate that further. The muzzle rise is manageable but the flinch after 150 rounds or so is not!! ;D
I'm having trouble finding a good recoil pad that will fit out of the box since I'm not really equipped to grind one to fit.
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