[Matt1911]

I am confused as to why there seems to be a lot of folks that just hate the porting on Taurus revolvers.
Is it a function,or personal taste thing?
If function,What does it affect that you do not care for?
Matt

[Mike Irwin]

I personally don't hate porting.

I just don't think it has much, if any, place on a short-barreled defensive revolver.

[Charles S]

What Mr. Irwin said.

Porting is fine, except on a defensive gun. Try seperation drills with a ported gun. Very dangerous and unpleasant.

Charles

[dude]

I like it!!

.....never had a problem shooting rapid-fire from the hip (the way it will most likely be used) with flash or flame. One of our fine fellow THR members truned me on to this concept btw. Not sure if it the porting actually helps any though.

FWIW- the flame/flash from the cyl-gap is much bigger than any I have seen from snub revolver porting anyways, just that if goes left-right as opposed to up.
A 'ported' Glock 9mm that I shot had a HUGE flash by comparison.............most likely because there was no cylinder gap.

[Tamara]

I know there's supposed to be a problem with ported guns when firing at night or in the retention position, but so far, I haven't noticed it.

The guys in the magazines keep telling me there is one, though, so it must be so... ;)

[whiskey]

Does anyone have night photos of a ported snubby being fired? I am sure that the cylinder gap in the worse of the two for flash.

[Art Eatman]

Seems to me it depends on the particular revolver and cartridge. And, I guess, use.

On a Taurus Raging Bull, porting is a Very Good Thing. :D On a 1911, it's unnecessary for defensive use.

Art

[sm]

What Art said.

Oh-make sure hearing protection in use and your NOT gonna resinate sound off the concrete wall...Raging Bulls leave ringing in ears for a bit...huh--whadya say...

[10-Ring]

I don't mind the flash it can generate, I don't like the debris that spit out the ports :barf:

[badgerrr]

I hate ports. :cuss: Wouldn't have em on any handgun...wouldn't want one on any rifle I currently own (including 375 H&H). Might consider such a thing with a .50 BMG, maybe.

Find that, though I'm not very recoil sensitive, the blast that comes out of them ports starts me flinching like mad. For me, ports are completely counterproductive. :fire:

[Kahr carrier]

I like porting myself. Couldnt flash more than a snubbie 357.:D

[whiskey]

I like ports, but I do not like standing next to someone else shooting a ported gun.

[Master Blaster]

Though I'm not very recoil sensitive, the blast that comes out of them ports starts me flinching like mad. For me, ports are completely counterproductive the blast from the port is much worse than the recoil.

I owned one ported gun Springfield armory v-10 ultracompact, the blast was very impressive, it used to give me a headache. I fired hydrashok 185 +p out of it.

I absolutely hated it, the blast made me flinch big timeI sold it.

I bought a colt enhanced officers ACP no ports, its a pussycat with the federal 185 +P load, it has no ports.

Tamara has V-10 and she has reported that she loves the porting, to each his own.

With a snubby the short barrel is a port one big one and the only one you need. JMHO

[Mike Irwin]

"Might consider such a thing with a .50 BMG, maybe."

I don't think porting will cut it with a .50. I think you need a true muzzle brake.

[Albert Shear]

Anybody shot from the ground on the knees from a tight retention(against ribs)? At this point you are "hunched" over and the top of the slide is appr. 8 inches below your face. Do you want to fire a ported handgun now? I personally watched a police officer burn a hole in his jacket shooting a ported Glock 357sig from the prone position,rotated to one side and firing from between himself and the ground. You just do not know from what position you will be firing from. Why make a difficult situation more difficult. I guess you can tell which way I lean on the issue.
By the way, my all time favorite revolver is my original run 66 F Comp which is ported. I just will not carry it.

[fedlaw]

After a high speed collision, the damage to my wrists was extensive. The left one healed okay, but surgeons had to replace most of the right ulna with a titanium rod, etc. The port on my 629PP allows me to shoot a revolver with a caliber starting with "4".

[Prodigalshooter]

It is a personal thing for sure. I had a Taurus Tracker that I bought because I'd always wanted a ported .357. It was a good gun, but I didn't care for the excessive blast and muzzle flash it had. It did tame the recoil a little, but not enough to justify the rest. I gave it to my son and he's happy as a clam with it. I replaced it with a Smith 66, very happy with it.

[ACP]

I have found porting to increase muzzle blast volume substantially (.357 Magnum, 3" barrel). Also, hot gases ejected. Recoil reduction was negligible. Something else to clean.

[Standing Wolf]

The only problem I've ever encountered with porting is cleaning the ports.

I soak a length of string in Hoppe's #9, push it through a port, and pull it back and forth toward the muzzle and toward the breech. Takes about three minutes for a quad-ported barrel.

[Hutch]

'Wolf, that sounds like a great idea! Flossing, as it were. I'll try that on my "very serious carry revolver".

[dairycreek]

Makes a really loud, obnoxious noise and cleaning up all the mess that comes through the ports really bugs me. So, I just don't buy them. Good shooting;)

[Archie]

Charles S,
What in the blue fuzz is a separation drill?

[Tamara]

"Separating" yourself from your attacker; usually some variation of a shove with the weak side arm while firing from the retention position. Hence the name. :cool:

With a snubby wheelgun one can ignite one's clothes this way. If it is ported, theoretically powder grains and other nastiness could go up one's nose, too...

[coonan357]

having a lew horton MDL66 with a magna ported barrel I can say I have singed my brows off a couple of times (note to self turn cap backwards when shooting 2400 and bluedot reloads ) and also having a taurus 608 that porting does help with the MF (muzzle flip ) the 66 is a 3 in barrel , I don't know what would scare a perp more the flame show or the barrel size

[Dr.Rob]

Porting: noisy, dirty, spitting crap all over, hard to clean, annoys the neighbors.

I don't understand porting on a snubby. I'd rather have all that excess flash be directed at the TARGET rather than up my nose or under my glasses. If the target is that close maybe the muzzleblast will set IT on fire.
:uhoh:

[bpisler]

I had a ported taurus 606,loved the gun but hated the porting.I've got no use for it on a carry pistol.