You with the ported barrels, are you OK with the blinding from ported flash in semi or dark situations ? or the potential burning if fired close to body ?
Ca Survivor, have you ever fired a ported or compensated firearm?
Some of you have this impression that fire pours out of the top of the barral, igniting everything in the area...
It's not like this at all...
I definitely wouldn't want anything near the ports when I'm firing, but I wouldn't want anything that close to the muzzle of the firearm anyway!
I took my newly Magnaported P365 and my non-ported 365 out to the range yesterday. I fired about 200 rounds total through each pistol, loading both mags, firing the ported first, then the non-ported. I felt a bit less muzzle flip on the ported one and had faster follow-up shots...
So, here's the proof in the pudding...
I bought my wife a S&W M&P Shield EZ 9mm to replace her EZ 380.
I fired it and all was well. It ran like a champ, then she fired it and continued to have failures to feed (FTF), due to limp-wristing (after nearly every shot).
She tried my newly ported P365 and ran through a couple mags, no limp-wristing FTF issues.
As a test, I had her shoot my non-ported P365 and again, she had FTF caused by limp wristing.
Again, she switched to the ported one and no issues.
If someone is expecting Porting or muzzle breaks to remove most of the recoil, well... That's not going to happen, but it helps keep the muzzle down and allow for better recoil recovery...
Blessings,
DocS