Pistol Rifle Combo anyone?

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Yep... I was happy about it.

However, I've never owned a ported gun, so it remains to be seen if that will be a factor toward either liking or disliking it, once the rubber hits the road.
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What type porting? I've shot and shot along side Magnaport guns and they can be noisy when you're beside them. I didn't think it was too bad behind the triger, but then you have other things like sight picture on your mind then.

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Ported? Maybe Okie will re-post a funny Arkansas pic. :)
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GasGuzzler wrote:Ported? Maybe Okie will re-post a funny Arkansas pic. :)

Here ya go! I'm not sure I would shoot this one! +guns
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Here's the one I'm getting. Did the Super Blackhawk ever come ported from the factory?

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That looks like it was done by Magnaport International. I don't think Ruger ever offered any with porting.

http://www.magnaport.com/hgun.html
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I don't think Ruger sold anything like that.
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You can barely see the Magnaports on this half of my 444 combo. They seem to work well.
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Post by Archer »

kydave wrote:Here's the one I'm getting. Did the Super Blackhawk ever come ported from the factory?

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I'll not say that they did for sure but it is fact that LIpsey's and TALO have both commissioned special runs in the past that have included Mag-na-porting from either Colt or Smith as well as other distributers.

My Colt Kodiak was factory magnaported as part of the package.
My Smith & Wesson 629 Classic Comp came from the factory with the 6.5" compensated barrel and went back to the custom shop, so I'm told, for a trigger jog, trigger contouring and other directed touches.

The ports aren't too bad... unless you are standing under a tin roof!
ESPECIALLY if you aren't the one pulling the trigger.
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What is interesting regarding the porting is the fact that the gun is either unfired or barely fired.

My LGS, who I trust, tells me it is from a regular customer who is a collector, more than a shooter, and is aging and thinning his herd.

It is a 1976 issue and it seems unlikely that a non-shooter would go to the expense of porting it, which makes me wonder if it might be a special run by someone like LIpsey's or TALO...
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