Asked about this on another forum and pretty well got blasted for thinking of buying a 12 ga with ported barrels. Now, I'm not all that keen on pros and cons on this, so, thought I'd ask here. Just getting back into shotguns, a little for trap, but, mostly for upland birds. I have two 20ga guns, however, I live in So-Cal, so pretty damn soon we'll be regulated to non-lead only. Crap! so, I figured a 12ga would up the pellet count. I guess my question is: Do the ports have any negatives or pluses? In the field, probably not, but, what about at the trap range? They gonna give me the stink eye, or non issue? Thanks guy. And its good to be back here. Been awhile.