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Originally Posted by Tarkio
This spare barrel has a single port on the top of the barrel, not multiple ports on either side like a magna-port. Was this standard for S&W?


The traditional trapezoidal cuts that MNP uses are patent protected so everything else has to look like something else. Is your port the single-cut , oblong shaped port just back from the muzzle end?

If so, I think S&W called it "Power Porting" and it wasn't used on any other models that immediately come to mind .... but I don't keep up with that stuff anymore.

These days, S&W is more about external compensators that in-barrel porting.

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There is a single oblong/oval port cut just fore of the front sight. This cut extends into the bottom of the barrel but doesn't go completely through. Just a concave cut.


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That sounds like the "Power Porting" that I mentioned in my previous posts.


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I vote no.

Simply not needed on a 6.5 inch classic. Recoil even with full power loads is not an issue on that gun. I would not want porting on a mountain carry gun, their loud enough as is.

The porting IMO does not help the resale value either.

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Cover the port with blue tape. It'll be fine. smile


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Absolutely not.

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