ported or compensated handguns

ginger49023

A few days ago, I asked questions about a Glock 23 or 23c as a concealed weapon. As usual, the response was great and appreciated. One other question.
With a ported or compensated handgun, how much muzzle velocity [fps]is lost compared to the same non ported/compensated hangun?
Some, lots or not enough to worry over?

As always, thanks for your input.

dandy

Very little is lost. At most 30-50 fps.Probably less than that.

airborne

Personally do not think ported or compensated barrel is necessary for a .40 S&W Cal. Save your money.

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leeblackman

No muzzle velocity is lost with a compensated barrel. (Compensators attach to the end of a barrel or gun like a muzzle break, ports are actually cut into the barrel.) And only very very little is lost with a ported barrel, probably less than your chronograph will be able to accurately detect.

If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

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kalifornian

I've never shot a ported hand gun. Do any of you know if it really makes much difference in recoil? My .45 ACP has too much kick for my wife's taste, and is a large for concealment but she wants something with enough knock down to use a reasonable self defense weapon. Thus, I was planning to look into ported weapons at a slightly smaller caliber to see I could find something she might like. Will porting make it much more comfortable to shoot or am I wasting my time?



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axlerfan

My experience has been compensators work, but the effectiveness varies with the load, caliber and firearm. also some of them seem to make the firearm sound louder when fired. I have a commander that is comped, and yes i can tell a difference when shooting it compared to my non comped commander. also have 2 coonan 357's. same thing, and the compensated one sounds louder by far than the non comped one. also have 2 gov't models, one is comped. hard to tell a difference shooting those tho, both seem to have about the same recoil. i have a kimber chambered in 400 corbon, and prior to installing a compensator it did buck around quite a bit, after the comp however it does appear to have been tamed down a lot. my runger mk2 with the comp was a waste-cant tell if the compensator works or is just looking pretty on it. just my .02, hope it helps.

Iroquois Scout

If you are a handloader there are many options open to you. My wife has carried a Charter Arms Bulldog in caliber .44 special for many years. I load a 240gr. lead bullet down to .44 Russian power levels for her. She shoots this load very well and the small size of the revolver makes it very concealable. Because of the large bullet diameter and weight this makes a potent package. Yes,it is only a five shot,but I doubt that if our wives ever need to resort to this level of defence that they will be in a hands down gun fight. Usually,this type of confrontation is settled with one or two shots. Another thing to consider is the fact that a revolver is much simpler to use,no safety to worry about or slide to rack. A revolver can also be fired while still in the pocket or purse without getting tangled up in the fabric of the lining.

hecklerxkoch

I had a glock 20c (10mm). The recoil felt like a 9mm. It was too loud and at night the flames causes my night "eyes" to not adjust to the dark as well.

New gun??? No, honey, I've had it for years.

Nighthawk

I dont think a ported muzzle is unnecesary one the glock23 but there is only a very slight loss of energy with any muzzle break. It might make a difference to get that second shot off quicker.





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