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The amount of recoil reduction is linear to the how much lighter ones wallet has become.

Now that's funny. Maybe the direct proportionality to recoil reduction and wallet lightness is illusory; nothing happens as one's wallet becomes lighter. What the heck, I'll save time and money by going out and buying a .22 cal target pistol with a silencer. Or a BB gun!

Can I be frank? There is so much BS on Internet forums. People will Justify anything they did because they have spent money on something and yet lack no actual data. Present company included sometimes 🙂

 

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The amount of recoil reduction is linear to the how much lighter ones wallet has become.

 

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The flash blindness issue has been mostly debunked.

I personally have shot one in the dark. ****, there is more flash coming from shooting a .357mag from a short barrel then you will ever get from a porter barrel.

You can get a much bigger burn by holding a revolver wrong and frankly in a life or death situation certainly at close range, non of this will matter. You point gun....it go bang.

 

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The issues with porting a barrel have often been cited as follows:

- Night blindness from glare (flame)

- Fouling of ports from dirt and debris

- increased noise back at the shooter

-decreased velocity

The first two have been proven to be wrong. The bottom two are true. Slowing the round down is a real issue though not by much. This could either make the round more or less lethal depending on circumstances.

My position has always been that in a SD situation, all you need is the ability to access a loaded firearm that you can point and it go bang....that’s it. Sights don’t matter. Porting doesn’t matter.

I have never read a single study or even an anecdote that porting a pistol saved a life or took a life. If you want to do it....do it. Use the gun anyway you want.

 

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I am not sure ports make any difference on a 9mm. The only data I have seen indicates that porting makes a difference on mag rounds. Even the guys who do the porting when asked if it helps, they say “not really” but do it anyway because people ask for it.

Compensators do though seem to help with any caliber. I think it’s because it’s on the end of the barrel where is more leverage AND ADDS WEIGHT. Porting does not.