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Old June 29th, 2008, 01:17 AM   #18
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Strike that first sentence of mine here. I'll edit myself here.
Magnaport claims NO loss of velocity or accuracy so I'm am best guessing that the combustion gases have already done their duty getting the projectile to speed before the gases are bled through the ports.
I remember an old chronograph test with the 1911 and precision reloads where the average velocity loss was 10 FPS or some other basically insignificant amount.

There is both a perceived reduction in felt recoil and an actual reduction in muzzle flip. (equal and opposite reaction sort of thing)
The muzzle wants to flip up the expelled gases jet the muzzle down.
Though the lessened degree of muzzle rise is is not incredibly significant in a handgun you are able to get exactly back onto target a bit quicker.
Personally I am not very recoil sensitive but, people who are bothered by abrupt recoil do report easier and more tolerable shooting with Magnaport especially in the snappier handgun calibers.

I know that with my 2 large game rifles there was no measurable accuracy loss and my one snub was quite accurate but, how accurate it was before - I don't know because I had it sent to MagNaport for porting - an action job & internal and external plating right out of the box before I ever shot it.

Concerning the forensics of it all - I have absolutely no idea.
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