r1_addict
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Looking to send my 629 3" out to be ported. I am looking for options other than the generic Magnaport slit. Google did not reaval anything cool enough for my project.
Porting options?
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Your 3" barrel is already loosing velocity of the 44 Mag because of its short length. Porting will only add to that loss of velocity, increase perceived noise, ultimately devalue your gun and make another place to have to keep clean. In short, I would NOT port a 3" 44 Mag. - but that's just me.
Going to jump on the soapbox for a second.
It is a wonderful Country where people can own what they want and not what others tell them they should have.
Just as Congress should not tell us why less cartridges should go in our "magazine clips." Our fellow enthusiasts of the Shooting Sports should not tell each other why they should not get the handgun they want.
I love snub nosed magnums. I do not care that I can get more velocity from a 6" or 8 3/8" barrel. You 6" and 8 3/8" guys can get more velocity from a 16" lever gun. That does not make your hunting revolver useless.
Let us hope that it stays that way in America. OK, I am stepping of the soapbox
The problem is that you are porting an existing barrel. That limits your choices. In addition to the dual or quad slits in the barrel (like Mag-Na-Port), there is hybrid porting.
Schuemann Barrels in Washington made hybrid porting famous. Though these days he mostly does auto barrels for sale to gunsmiths. There are some folks copying the concept. Hybrid porting is probably cool enough for you.
If, and that is a BIG IF, you can find one of the 3" barrels with the power port you could just have them swapped. Then you would have a single expansion chamber compensator out in front of the sight.
I have one of the 4" GIGN power port barrels just waiting for a 586 to put it on.
Here are various factory and aftermarket ported revolvers for you to think about.
It is a wonderful Country where people can own what they want and not what others tell them they should have.
Just as Congress should not tell us why less cartridges should go in our "magazine clips." Our fellow enthusiasts of the Shooting Sports should not tell each other why they should not get the handgun they want.
I love snub nosed magnums. I do not care that I can get more velocity from a 6" or 8 3/8" barrel. You 6" and 8 3/8" guys can get more velocity from a 16" lever gun. That does not make your hunting revolver useless.
Let us hope that it stays that way in America. OK, I am stepping of the soapbox
The problem is that you are porting an existing barrel. That limits your choices. In addition to the dual or quad slits in the barrel (like Mag-Na-Port), there is hybrid porting.
Schuemann Barrels in Washington made hybrid porting famous. Though these days he mostly does auto barrels for sale to gunsmiths. There are some folks copying the concept. Hybrid porting is probably cool enough for you.
If, and that is a BIG IF, you can find one of the 3" barrels with the power port you could just have them swapped. Then you would have a single expansion chamber compensator out in front of the sight.
I have one of the 4" GIGN power port barrels just waiting for a 586 to put it on.
Here are various factory and aftermarket ported revolvers for you to think about.
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justintyme
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As I recall Jack Weigand was doing some of this years ago but I don't hear much about it anymore. It was popular with some pin and plate shooters that I built some guns for and with full power loads these guys liked them. I have had several screw on brakes for some rifles but for hunting it is a waste of money and does hurt the ears, at least mine and for the one shot you take hunting you never feel the recoil most of the time.
Anyway I digress as usual but the whole porting thing is a bit of a science as it is all about gas and pressure management which of course varies from gun to gun and cartridge to cartridge. Years ago it got really crazy with rimfire Bullseye guns and S&W, Hi Standard and everybody else had ported muzzle brakes on or offered for their guns especially the longer barrel models. Not as common anymore but they did hold that front sight down for rapid fire pretty well.
regards
Anyway I digress as usual but the whole porting thing is a bit of a science as it is all about gas and pressure management which of course varies from gun to gun and cartridge to cartridge. Years ago it got really crazy with rimfire Bullseye guns and S&W, Hi Standard and everybody else had ported muzzle brakes on or offered for their guns especially the longer barrel models. Not as common anymore but they did hold that front sight down for rapid fire pretty well.
regards
FloridaFlier
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Magna-Port says on their website that magna-porting a handgun does not reduce muzzle velocity to any meaningful extent. They are the experts. They do this for a living, and Magna-port is no fly-by-night operation.
I've got a magna-ported 696 and it is my favorite revolver. If that's what you want, or feel you might need it for a faster second shot, or just to make the recoil more manageable for yourself or another shooter, just do it.
It's a great option, and the sky will in fact, not fall.
I've got a magna-ported 696 and it is my favorite revolver. If that's what you want, or feel you might need it for a faster second shot, or just to make the recoil more manageable for yourself or another shooter, just do it.
It's a great option, and the sky will in fact, not fall.
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