Author Topic: barrel porting (Read 498 times)

bigshooz · « **on:** January 05, 2006, 10:57:47 AM »

hey guys ive got a handi rifle w/22" bull barrel,would it be worth porting and cryo or a waste of time and money,its a .223.or would you recommend another way to reduce muzzle flip.

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Grumulkin · « **Reply #1 on:** January 07, 2006, 12:47:53 PM »

Porting would be a good way to reduce muzzel flip if it bothers you.

Another solution would be to shoot something like a 458 Lott for awhile and then the flip wouldn't bother you any more.

The increased noise that brakes and porting bring into the equation are more annoying to me than recoil. About the only reason I would put a brake on or port a barrel would be for a gun with painful recoil (which the .223 doesn't have) or in a case where recoil was causing a scope to cut my forehead.

Redhawk1 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2006, 05:27:04 PM »

I would not port a 223. In my opinion it is not needed. I shoot a 22-250 and it is like a pussy cat. But we all perceive thing different. I don't like the excess noise.

roper · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2006, 03:30:10 AM »

In our part of the country alot of varmit shooters have muzzle brakes so they can see the hits and I've started to have some installed on my varmit rifles. The only porting I have seen has been on big game rifles. Well good luck.