RED_beard92
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I am looking into getting a Smith and Wesson 500. I will be getting it in 8 3/8 inch barrel, and am wondering if I should get the ported barrel or the compensated barrel. I just don't have that much experience with a compensated barrel, I have one .357 that's ported and one that's not and in my personal opinion its a softer recoil is in the ported gun. Every thread I have looked at only smaller calibers (9 millimeter or 45 acp.) are compensated. In a BIG gun like the 500 (which would only be used for hunting) would I want, the compensated or ported barrel, and what is your reasoning behind your answer?