ported 500 barrel

[zoner]

while putting together a shotgun for dove huntin in AZ i traded a factory 12 ga 18 1/2 barrel for a vr barrel.....28" 12 ga vr w/accuchoke and factory porting. Do any of you guys shoot this barrel? I was wondering if the ported barrel was significantly louder than an unported barrel?

[JPShelton]

I was wondering if the ported barrel was significantly louder than an unported barrel?

Ported barrels have a louder and more obnoxious report, as a general rule. Mossberg's take on ported barrels is no exception.

-JP

[huntswithdogs]

Listening to a ported shotgun, while on our skeet field, you hear a crack and roar all at the same time. Most are not comfortable to be standing directly to one side when it fires. Some say the porting helps with recoil but I have my doubts on a shotgun.

HWD

[Lloyd Smale]

definately louder but you wont notice that much with light field loads. 3inch, buckshot and slug loads will definately be louder but i can definately tell a differnce in recoil using a ported barrel with them.

[Ron 1]

 yes i think that the ported barrel is louder but i felt less recoil with slugs. i liked the mossy 500 so much i gave it to my ol lady and got me 1 too mine is cammo
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