Porting

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I have a 44 mag Redhawk, which has been ported. Is it a factory job or something else? Does porting affect its value? The reason I'm asking is that I inherited the gun and know very little about it.

Also: is there a good way to clean the powder stains from the stainless steel?
 
if it is 'straight' (flat) across the top of the port, and the bottom curves down, that is done by Mag-Na-Port, first in Fraser, then in Mt Clemons ,Mich heard they became "international" and have moved again.............some say it works , I never noticed any difference, just makes the front sight 'dirty'...as for cleaning any stainless steel we use Lead Away cloths for that kind of fouling, or you can use one of the 3 M Scotchbrite pads, come in different colors, we use the white(grey) one made for stainless steel, but any of the other colors will work, just don't push or rub too hard......yes, Hppes or Shooters Choice, and a "fine" steel or brass ( bronze) wool pad also does the job...stainless steel cleans up nicely and very easy.........................
yes, the porting does affect the guns value, it detracts to many ,but not to a hunter?? though some have complained to us in the past they do NOT care for the "blast" diverting , going up , in front of their eyes, its distracting.........but for those who say the porting works, it reduces the muzzle jump to them......Larry Kelly has been doing it for years, made LOTS of money, and they are still doing it, so it "sells" :roll:
 
As far as I know, there was no factory porting. Some 357s were went to Magnaport, ported and engraved with Magnaport's name on them. Those were sold as new and were Security Sixes and Speed Sixes.

Value? Some like it, some don't. So some will pay the same as other redhawks, some would deduct for it. I don't think anyone would pay more though.

Hoppe's solvent cuts the powder good.
 
I have a couple of handguns that are ported. One by magnaport and one factory S&W 500 that has a ported brake from the factory. I'm not crazy about them but I don't think they detract much from the value either. The 500 is factory and no other option offered the magnaported one is a super redhawk 480 with pretty stiff recoil and the porting helps a little on holding the muzzle down. But the gun is still quite a handfull to shoot. When I purchased it it had a beautiful set of wood finger grooved grips on it and was very uncomfortable to shoot. It came with the original rubber grips with the wood inserts. After a little checking around I found out the alaskan grips with the zorbathane inserts fit it so That's what it wears now.
 
With porting you cannot use shot shells due to the possibility of having shot coming back at you. You must hold the gun out away from the body or risk unburnt powder being blown into eyes (ie no speed rock draw and shoot).
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Here is a post on my ported Redhawk - one of my favorites!

http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=49448&highlight=
 
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