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Posted: 7/6/2024 10:33:19 AM EDT
Anyone have any experience with Mag-na-porting on their shotguns? Besides price, are there any advantages to Mag-na-port over Vang Comp or any other porting/forcing cone lengthening services?
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Posted: 7/6/2024 12:00:14 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By littlebeanduet: Anyone have any experience with Mag-na-porting on their shotguns? Besides price, are there any advantages to Mag-na-port over Vang Comp or any other porting/forcing cone lengthening services? Thanks, Doug I did vang, can't say I kotice recoil reduction, shot pattern with even trash buck mirrors federal flight control, sorry no magnaport data |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/6/2024 12:09:17 PM EDT
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Thanks for your response. Im leaning toward sending it to vang, my only reservation is on the porting process being done with a drill press instead of wire EDM by mag-na-port as well as suarez int, angle port, and a few others. EDM seems like a better process for cleaner ports and less stress on the barrel.
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Posted: 7/6/2024 2:52:00 PM EDT
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Most decent o/u shotguns are ported. It reduces the cheek slap and keeps the gun flat is the biggest advantag
Magnaport is GTg |
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Posted: 7/7/2024 9:15:21 AM EDT
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I had a mossberg 24in fully rifled barrel that had the factory porting.
I did not care for it as it made it hard to clean, as the ports would grab either lead or plastic (depending on what you shot) and leave streaks of it the rest of the way down the barrel. I eventually found a older non ported version of the exact same barrel (24in fully rifled) and I noticed zero difference. Recoil and muzzle climb was the same with the non ported barrel. Might not have anything to do with the ports, but the non ported barrel is also more accurate. I sold the ported barrel. |
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Posted: 7/8/2024 4:49:18 PM EDT
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You’re not going to find many high volume clay shooters who are fans of porting on shotguns. Most believe they just make your gun loud.
And cheek slap is a product of poor gun fit. Usually can be fixed by changing shims or adjusting the comb of your shotgun if your gun has either. If not there are leather and plastic covers that go over the comb that might help. The van system turns your gun into a one trick pony. The more versatile choice is to have it threaded for choke tubes. There are speciality buckshot choke tubes that work very well. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/19/2024 2:10:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bud]
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Why do you want ported barrels, OP?
I have 4 shotguns with ports. One is Pro-ported (the name that Mag-na-Port uses for shotgun porting), one that is factory Browning, and two that are Angle Ported by Ballistic Specialties. All are somewhat older guns, e.g. 15-20 years old. My current competition clays gun is not ported, and for a reason. If I know more about your goals, I might be able to offer some perspective. |
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Posted: 7/19/2024 2:11:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By reelserious: Most decent o/u shotguns are ported. It reduces the cheek slap and keeps the gun flat is the biggest advantag Magnaport is GTg Please expound on that. |
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Posted: 7/20/2024 10:26:03 AM EDT
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I had a 590 sent to Vang for their barrel work and porting. That particular shotgun is set up as a defensive long gun that is optimized for buckshot. After getting it back the pattern size decreased an average of 30% across a range of buckshot loads. Cheap buck was the most improved. The porting did help slightly in perceived recoil and sight tracking. I have no experience with Mag-na-port although it seems very similar.
If you had a general purpose shotgun, clay gun, upland gun, or turkey gun, I would not bother with the work. You can probably get your desired result with a screw in choke. |
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Posted: 7/24/2024 12:42:59 AM EDT
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I sent a factory Rem 87 14in bbl to vang for their porting/vcs work. It is a modified choke. Recoil is def reduced. Multiple cheap buckshot shoots tight groups, especially 8 pellet 00 buck. Groups similar to federal flight control.
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Posted: 7/27/2024 12:26:24 AM EDT
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About 20 years ago I had my Benelli M1 ported, at the advice of my dentist who was worried about me losing my filings from the recoil.
Not quite, but that think kicked like a mule from the factory. The Mag na porting helped the recoil - to what extent it's hard to guess via just shooting it, months apart from before it was done. I will say that before porting, it would cycle 1 oz trap style loads, and after it would not with a full magazine tube (cycles fine when down to about 2-3 rounds in the tube from less weight = more recoil), so the recoil is reduced. |
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Posted: 7/29/2024 8:04:06 AM EDT
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I had at one time 2 identical Beretta AL 391s. I took one to Mag-Na-Port and had it ported and the forcing cone lengthened, There was ZERO noticeable difference between the two guns before or after on targets and the patterning board.
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