ported or not ported, that is the question

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I am looking at extended chokes for bird hunting. I am pretty sure I want extended chokes for my pump guns, the question is, should I go ported or not? Which do you prefer, and why? Most of the shooting will be upland but there will be some waterfowl hunts.
 
i don't find that ported make much of a difference. IMO, Muller chokes sling the best patterns, but they are a bit pricey, almost twice the cost of briley for the hunting chokes
 
stubblejumper said:
My waterfowk choke is ported, only because that choke is not available with no porting. Ported chokes are a gimmick, nothing more.
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They are also much despised by your fellow hunters/shooters. They increase the Db level to the sides of the muzzle. I've personally witnessed instances in competition where a small piece of plastic, presumably peeled off the shot cup by the ports, hit a nearby competitor (in the face in one instance).

IMO, ported barrels reduce a gun's value. And, they're a bit of a safety hazard.
 
Extra noise for anyone nearby and for no appreciable improvement in patterns. As noted by Straightshooter, they can be a safety issue: I was hit in the face by a pellet that came out of a ported skeet gun shooting factory Win. AA shells. I was a yard or so behind and about 8 yds to the side of the shooter. The projectile wasn't plastic - it was a #9 pellet because i picked it out of my face then stopped the bleeding.
 
Thanks to all, I settled on the non ported Carlson long range choke. No need to be startling the other shooters with more noise. That would only distract them from the amazing display of my laser accuracy and who wants to miss that?
 
Ported shotgun chokes adding noticeable increase in noise is a bit of a stretch, for the one inch or half inch ones.
 
JIMMY 808 said:
Ported shotgun chokes adding noticeable increase in noise is a bit of a stretch, for the one inch or half inch ones.
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I agree with this. One may notice an increase in noise if a barrel is ported well before the muzzle, but I don't believe there to be a difference if a short piece of extended choke is ported well after the barrel would have normally ended with a standard flush mount installed. Seems like nonsense to me
 
It has nothing to do with the length of the tubes or how close the ports are to the end of the tube or barrel. It has everything to do with the direction in which the pressure/gas/noise is released.
 
Ports don't sway me o e way or the other if I like the gun but if I have a choice, no -ported for me.
 
straightshooter said:
It has nothing to do with the length of the tubes or how close the ports are to the end of the tube or barrel. It has everything to do with the direction in which the pressure/gas/noise is released.
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Id buy this if we’re talking about an 18.5” barrel. I dont think it makes one iota of difference when the end of a barrel is about 3 ft from the ears. I’d really love to see a db reading from a shotgun with 28” barrels and a flush mount choke and then see the db reading from the same gun and the same load with the only difference being the flush mount choke is replaced with a 1-2” extended ported choke. I have yet to see evidence that the gun becomes noticeably louder with the replacement choke
 
1963beretta said:
Id buy this if we’re talking about an 18.5” barrel. I dont think it makes one iota of difference when the end of a barrel is about 3 ft from the ears. I’d really love to see a db reading from a shotgun with 28” barrels and a flush mount choke and then see the db reading from the same gun and the same load with the only difference being the flush mount choke is replaced with a 1-2” extended ported choke. I have yet to see evidence that the gun becomes noticeably louder with the replacement choke
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It's not your ears that are the concern but the guy in the blind beside you.
 
1963beretta said:
Id buy this if we’re talking about an 18.5” barrel. I dont think it makes one iota of difference when the end of a barrel is about 3 ft from the ears. I’d really love to see a db reading from a shotgun with 28” barrels and a flush mount choke and then see the db reading from the same gun and the same load with the only difference being the flush mount choke is replaced with a 1-2” extended ported choke. I have yet to see evidence that the gun becomes noticeably louder with the replacement choke
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You certainly don't have to take my word for it. By all means, test it with a decibel meter. I'd suggest that, for a valid conclusion, the test meter should be even with the shooter, 2 or 3 meters to one side (roughly where your partner would be in a blind, or the next shooter on the firing line).

I'd do it for you (or for the empirical evidence at least), but I don't know anyone with ported chokes or barrels. I won't shoot with anyone using ported barrels and they're outlawed by the international sporting bodies. The bottom line is: There is not more noise produced by ported choke/barrels. Some of that noise, though, is directed straight towards the sides rather than down range. This results in a significant increase in decibel levels to the left and the right of the shooter.
 
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