Finally ordered CW40 Ported Barrel

[TheTman]

I know I'll never keep up with Barth, but I decided to order the ported barrel for the CW40 today. When it gets here, I'll fire a mag thru the stock barrel, then switch to the ported, and see how well it works. Wish they made them for the .45

[Tinman507]

Oh, I dunno....Two-Barrel Tom has a nice ring to it.

Good luck with it.

[jocko]

Might just be me, but I am sure gonna train with what I ultimately will carry. If I intend to carry for my protection a ported gun, then I guess my question is why buy a darn barrel that sticks out and makes the gun even now more bigger. Just port it and be done with it. I have yet to ever read where a Magna ported slide was never considered attractive even.Just my two cents.

I know, I know, different strokes for different folks.

[TheTman]

Jocko, some folks will not buy a ported gun, because of the danger of hot gas getting blown into their face if someone is trying to wrestle the gun away from them and certain other scenarios, so I wanted to keep the option to return the gun to stock condition in case I need to sell it. And this way, I'm not without the gun while the slide is sent off to Magna Port. I believe the magna porting probably works better, but I think the barrel is cheaper than a magna port job. I wonder if it has polygonal or traditional rifling on it? Anyone know? My holster for it is open ended so the extra barrel won't be a problem. They do look funny though. I think the magna ported guns look much better. I would consider doing that on my big S&W 629 and 686. I've seen a few of them magna ported and they sure look nice. I may end up getting my CW45 magna ported. Maybe even the Boberg, it could use a little taming down.

[kerby9mm]

You can get a gun ported or you can shoot it & get used to it.

[TheTman]

I don't mind the recoil, it's not much compared to my S&W 629 or 686. I'm looking for reduced muzzle flip for a quicker follow up shot.
I will admit, when I was breaking it in, after a couple hundred rounds, I was a little tired of it. I'm a pretty small guy, 5'4" 120lbs, not nearly as muscular as I was 30 years ago. I do like that .40 caliber round though, it's managable, accurate, and generates around 500 FPE with most self defense loads. I've been using the Winchester 155gr Rangers, but they are not the T series, these are the ones that were dumped on the civilian market becuase they didn't pass some government agency test. The jacket and core separated too often. I just figure that's more wound channels for the BG to bleed out from.
For awhile there were bunches of them at the gun shows for a very reasonable price, so I grabbed a few hundred rounds. I've been using Hydra Shoks in my 9mm and .45, 124gr and 230gr, and recently picked up a box of low recoil 165gr Hydra Shoks and split it with a friend with bad wrists to see if they easier on him. He broke them a while back when a car jumped the sidewalk and hit him, and arthritis has set in. I kept a few to see if I could tell much difference between the 230gr and 165gr. He has a Kimber Custom Carry 3" with the laser grips. Nice gun, but it hangs up with hollow points a too often. Funny people ***** about Kahr's 200 round break in, and not much is said about Kimbers 500 round suggested break in.
The gunsmith where he bought it said to put at least 800-1000 rounds through it before using the hollow points. Then if he still has trouble with HP's it will go back to Kimber.