640 Ported

[bronco45]

Poco Welcome Aboard. Beautiful 640! Lots to learn and see on this forum.

Tom

 

[LH2]

Does porting help with the painful-to-shoot nature of .38/.357's by a noticeable margin?

I'm looking at perhaps a new ported .38 from S&W. I'd have my gunsmith disable the lock for good measure.

 

[photoman]

Yes, they have recently done a limited production run of their 442, with a magna ported barrel.

Here's a link. Product: Model 442 Mag-Na-Ported-Barrel

I picked one up. They're about $100 more than a regular 442, but the magnaporting will cost you about the same not including the shipping both ways, so it all equals out in the end.

CDNN is selling some of the factory ported pinto 642/442's right now for $425 or so...