Porting on Taurus 608 and 627

[Corner Pocket]

I'm sure that the porting cuts down on felt recoil, but I'm wondering whether the gun's report appears to be a good bit louder due to the porting? Thanks!

Corner Pocket

 

[OhioPaints]

Porting cuts down on muzzle flip. And yes, it will be louder. Also very bad on a self defense weapon if you have to fire close to your body (e.g. "from the hip") since the exhaust gasses will be coming straight at your face.

Ken

 

[researchdoc]

Ohio is right.... no need to get burned...
The porting gives it more of a rearward push instead of muzzle flip. It is very bright in low light.. right there around the front sight. It also reduces velocity.. significantly if you are shooting a short bbl.
Personally, I do not want a ported gun for carry.. for the range, target and hunting with a sufficiently large bbl, no problem, but not for carry.

 

[MrTuffPaws]

I have a ported 4" 357 mag. There is hardly any flip, but a nice straight push back into the palm.

As for loudness, behind the gun, there isn't that much difference from a normal barrel. The people shooting next to me though usually move over a lane or two.

The muzzle flash is bright and makes a really nice "V" of fire when shooting. Would it blind me in the dark? I have shot it in pretty dark conditions without much issue. I use the gun as a bed side piece.

As for shooting from the hip, I wouldn't really want to. It could be really uncomfortable to one's face, but a revolver ejecting gases from between the forcing cone and the cylinder could make for equally uncomfortable situation if you have a thin shirt on as well.

 

[spwenger]

+1

And yes, it will be louder. Also very bad on a self defense weapon if you have to fire close to your body (e.g. "from the hip") since the exhaust gasses will be coming straight at your face.

I once had the misfortune of having a student show up to an Arizona CWP course with a ported 2" Rossi .357 Magnum revolver (which he had purchased because his first CWP instructor had used one). I failed to convince him to shoot the course with .38's. Even after I convinced him to use a box of my milder 110 gr. Magnums instead of his own hotter 125 gr. loads, he still had a serious problem with anticipation and I paid the price for the greater noise levels to the rear and sides when I had to coach him with "assisted-trigger" drills.

More recently, I had a pair of students show up for a similar course with short-barrel revolvers that had been Magna-Ported. While most ports vent to the top, Magna-Ports vent to about 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock. This is horrible when shooting from a protected-gun (modifed quarter hip) position, where the gun is canted outward and one set of ports is pointed toward your own face. When the shooter moves the gun out to a half hip position, there is still a lot of blast (which can include unburned flakes of powder) just forward of the face, whether the ports are oriented vertically or at angles like Magna-Port's. Further, if you should have to fire past a seated companion, such as a passenger in your vehicle or soemone seated next to you at a booth in a restaurant, your'e likely to direct hot gasses right into her face.

(For those who have taken Arizona CWP courses, mine include a great deal more range training than most.)

 

[NC-Mike]

Ha!

I just bought a Taurus 627 with a 4" ported barrel and shot it today!

Talk about S**ts and Giggles! That thing lets out a wall of flame! It looks to be a great range gun, very accurate and very tame recoil for a 357, loads of fun it is, I was literally laughing after I shot it. Haven't had that much fun since I shot a 357 ten years ago. Its been too long...

The 627 seems like a great gun but... It would be terrible for carry or even self-defense. That massive flash would blind you in a dark room.