Posted: 8/2/2008 7:31:42 AM EDT
| I am looking at getting a ported barrel for my Glock 35 for IPSC and i and trying to see if anybody has ever used a 4 port one? If so how was the flip on it? |
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In my experience, barrel porting alone is comparatively ineffective on a pistol, particularly with standard pistol loads. A properly designed muzzle compensator will work much better, but even then at 4 ports you are well into diminishing returns territory... one or two ports gives you the biggest bang for your buck. You will probably get a bigger performance boost with custom major-caliber handloads (light bullets, heavy charge of slow powder). However, in the case of the Glock, you want to be really careful not to sail too close to the wind in .40. An alternative would be to step up to 10mm (Glock 20) with compensator and light (135 grain) bullets... I used to shoot this bullet over Viht N340 out of a custom STI IPSC Modified Division gun and it shot very flat, but the ammo is comparatively expensive and mag capacity more limited. I would not chance Major 9 in a Glock. To summarize, then, I would suggest a non-ported, threaded barrel onto which you screw a single- or double-port compensator. Spend the rest of your budget on trigger work, as this is really where the Glock needs help. Remember, you will be shooting in Open Division against double-stack 1911 raceguns... they will clean your clock unless you are VERY good. |