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Originally Posted by gwpercle
A lot of people will give you all kinds of reasons why it's bad....I own one, shoot one and carry one and all of those reasons have turned out to be non-issues.
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Yup.
Too many keyboard "experts" will parrot what they've read or heard from others, but the opinion of the man with direct personal experience carries genuine weight.
I have three ported CCW-size .357 Magnum revolvers (porting done by Marc Morganti at Gemini Customs), and have fired all three extensively, in varied lighting conditions and with a number of different commercial loads, mostly 158gr .357 Magnum JHP.
NONE of them blow firing residue into my face, not even with the barrel held inches away.
NONE of them show any visible bright flash from the porting holes.
ALL of them do show perceivably-reduced muzzle lift and reduced "felt recoil".
I have no way to measure comparative decibel levels of ported vs. non-ported guns, but as far as my well-muffled ears could tell, there was no difference in noise.
Barrel porting done by expert hands can be a genuine benefit for a CCW gun, as long as you test the use-characteristics of the loads you'll use for carry.