Vang comp barrel question

[ndh87]

I was looking around the internet the other day and came across the Vang Comp site. What does their barrel porting do for the shotgun? Does anyone have this done on their gun?

 

[MAX100]

It puts holes in barrel and your wallet.


gc

 

[Dave McCracken]

Hans and his gnomes do excellent work, but porting is not that beneficial. Overboring and forcing cones are, but most decent smiths can handle that.

 

[Jack2427]

I have a couple of the Remington Sportsman 12 gauges (1100s) that Vang built for the Illinois State Police. Did a great job, they were back bored for recoil control and worked out well on the already soft shooting 1100 chassis. Used the Vang sliding stocks. I will post pix if I ever figure out how.

 

[Snarlingiron]

I have heard that the Vang Comp system includes jug choking of sorts. True? False? Somewhere in between?

I have had the good fortune to shoot one of the excellent Vang 870's, and was impressed with the patterning of just about any flavor of 00 buckshot. I did not, however, get the opportunity to closely inspect it.

 

[V.Oller]

Had a Vang for a few years, 870, I've never been much of a shotgun person till then. Always considered myself a rifleman..

Then a friend (Tom Mayo) managed to get me a Vang Comp, the combination of porting and back boring is true magic. It made beautiful patterns with everything... except S&B 00 Buck, for some reason.

He will be doing the barrel for my new 1100 Tactical soon too.

Personally I recommend it and him.

 

[Bob Hostetter]

Vang back bores the barrel and lengthens the forcing cones, both of which help soften recoil, and both of which have been around for 30 or 40 years at least.

He also jug chokes the barrel to tighten the pattren up which has also been around for 30 or 40 years.

The only thing Vang does that's new, is raise the price to new heights.

 

[rcmodel]

Vang gets paid well for knowing what he is doing, and doing it every time.

The village gunsmith can do something similar for less.
But he doesn't know what he is doing, and it's your barrel he is experimenting on, trying to find out.

BTW: "Jug" chokes have been around for at least 125 years or so. It was first used on muzzle-loaders to get tighter patterns for market hunting.