Strictly loudness

[HobbyShooter]

I'm interested knowing from peoples who did try both, how much louder
ported 12 gauge shotgun barrels are compared to conventional barrels
when lenghts are the same.

Jocelyn.

P.S.: Recoil dampening efficiency already discussed in an other thread...

 

[daveg01]

I had my Stoeger ported and don't really notice a difference in loudness. It does soften the recoil slightly though.

 

[Claybuster]

The shooter doesn't notice the increased loudness. It's the people next to him that do. I've owned factory ported guns and tested ported barrels against non-ported in the same gun. I don't think porting provides any benefit and believe it isn't worth the bother.

 

[Drillbit]

I've had a few shotguns with ported barrels, and they didn't seem to be louder than any of my non ported barrel shotguns. The ports are supposed to reduce muzzle jump,

 

[dogzilla]

I don't notice any differance in noise. I do notice a differance in felt recoil. Especially with slugs. I have 2 wingmasters, one ported one not, everyone that has tried them,one after the other notices a differance.

 

[sillymike]

I haven't noticed much of a difference in noise... other then one guy swearing after burning the tip of his finger firing a Valtro PM5...

 

[gth]

Zero difference in performance in my opinion but considerable noise increase for those around you.

PIA to clean.

 

[Grouser]

Loudness

Tests published in Shooting Sportsman Magazine suggests that porting does not produce any noticable difference in either recoil or muzzel jump. They surmised it was just another gimmic to sell more guns --- besides being bastards to clean.
Cheers.

 

[cman]

loudness

i used to own a ported short barrel valtro pm5
it was the loudest gun i had ever fired!
if you shot it without earplugs your head was ringing for a long time!

 

[Hotwheels81]

i don't notice the difference between my non-ported PM5 and my friends ported PM5... both will make your ears bleed with 3" mag slug's but mine is a lot easier to clean.