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CCI Blazer Brass 9mm Review - The Broad Side - Target Barn

Blazer Brass should not be used in guns with ported barrels because the copper-plating on the bullet can shear off into the barrel porting; CCI ...

CCI Blazer FMJ ported barrel warning - Glock Forum

Anyone care to comment on a product warning I just saw for the first time on CCI Blazer ammo ...'Not to be used with ported barrels or ported compensators'.

Blazer 9mm 115-Grain Review: The Not for Everyone FMJ

However, if you are shooting a race gun with a compensator (comp) or something like a Glock 19c with a ported barrel, you'll want to go with something else like ...

Is Black Cloud safe thru a Ported Barrel | Duck Hunting Forum

if i am not mistaken, it can get hung up in ported barrels as well. I personally would not shoot it through a ported barrel or choke, or a ...

Holy Handguns! - American Handgunner

So what's the big deal? Porting is all about control. Those holes in the barrel direct hot gas straight up, creating tiny little rocket engines putting a damper ...

PC M&P 40 with Ported Barrel Review: 'Is .40 the new 9?'

The .40 S&W came on the heels of failures of 9mm and .38 SPL caliber handgun ammunition to produce immediately lethal stops of criminals in the field. The most ...

Mossberg 500 ported barrel. [Archive] - The Firing Line Forums

Porting does not add any value to the gun nor does it help with recoil. Trap ranges have folks shooting fairly close together so the side noise ...

Ported Versus Nonported Revolvers: Which Is the Smarter Buy for ...

44 Special revolvers against the same guns with plain barrels and find bullet weight is the biggest variable. ... choice of ammunition than porting. Size and ...

Comparing recoil of different ammo with Ported Barrel - YouTube

The dude is absolutely right about the grain in the other comment. A heavier round will always have more recoil than a lighter round, but many ...

Effect of ported barrel on shot performance - Trapshooters Forum

True, but that is on a lot to lot basis, not a shell to shell basis. Within a box of shells, the muzzle velocity won't vary THAT much. Maybe 30- ...

I put a ported barrel and slide on my Glock 19 and now it stove pipes ...

First thing is what kind of ammunition are you using? Are you shooting ball ammo (also known as Full Metal Jacket or FMJ) or jacketed hollow ...

Ported barrels and cast bullets - Dan Wesson Forum

However the non ported barrel has buggered (my non techie term) threads on the frame end and does not screw into the frame completely. So I am left with using ...

Do ported barrels make any difference? | Page 3 - Shotgun Forum

It counts as an ammunition malfunction if the wad remains in the bore, and you get to reshoot. Ports and muzzle brakes work great in cartridges ...

Intro to Barrel Porting with United Firearms - YouTube

I've been interested in the concept of barrel porting for years, but since I've never had the opportunity to try a ported handgun myself, ...

Shooting shotshells in ported barrels | Rimfire Central Firearm Forum

He mentioned that SPEER warns against shooting them in ANY ported barrel. Later he sent me copies of the SPEER manual citing those ...

Ported Barrels | Trapshooters Forum

For the nth time, Porting only works on high pressure. I shot flyers with a Mirage that was ported already. I shot some trap with it and the ...

Criterion Barrels 223 wylde 1-8 twist ammo choice

If you reload you may find a bullet/powder/primer combination for your rifle that really makes the big bullets shoot good groups. People say 55 ...

ported barrel or no? - TexAgs

Ports and comps are slightly louder, but its not by a lot. Most stuff I can find says 2-5 dB louder with a ported barrel.

To port, or not to port | SIG Talk

I have shot ported and non ported revolvers, back to back. Identical, other than the ports In the barrels. Other than the fire shooting up out ...

Bullet Recommendations for .308 JP 18" 1:11.25 barrel.

As for hunting bullets, I'll assume stuff like deer or elk and say there is nothing wrong with that TSX or the TTSX as long as you stay within ...