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Plan9 · 12-29-2008, 04:40 PM

Have you tried a Google picture search for these things? I've kept up to date with firearm trends via Google, gun shops, and magazines. The M1911 is hands down the most popular handgun to modify in the US and a zillion people write about it. I have yet to get a firearm magazine in the mail that doesn't feature an article or ad about one

A bull barrel is a thicker, conical, heavyweight barrel that doesn't require a bushing and requires the installation of a different recoil spring mechanism ("reverse plug"). The bull barrel is cone-shaped and wedges itself against the inside of the slide when the action is locked up. I prefer bull barrels over regular barrels in M1911 style guns because of the muzzle-end weight advantage and it gets rid of a piece off the gun that is largely unnecessary. Most aftermarket bull barrels worth a damn require a lot of patience to properly fit. Bull barrels are popular on the compact Colt Officer-sized guns out there to make them more manageable at the range.

A ramped barrel features a feed ramp as seen on nearly every other pistol on the market such as Glock, Sig, HK, Beretta, etc. The most common example of M1911-style guns that feature this common sense advantage are Para-Ordnance. The M1911, being a veritable dinosaur of the gun world, uses the frame to provide the feed ramp instead of the barrel. The advantage of having a feed ramp on the barrel is there is a less iffy feed transition.

I don't recommend compensators and ported barrels on most handguns, so I leave it to somebody else to talk about 'em. It is in my experience that porting is largely unnecessary for anything but the most punishing handguns. Compensators are devices attached to the end of the barrel that begin when the rifling ends at the muzzle crown and serve to distribute the muzzle force in such a manner so as to reduce muzzle flip. Porting is similar but involves poking holes in actual rifled barrel, so as it provide this effect before the round has actually milked as much power as it can from the violently expanding gases used to propel it and the barrel that is guiding it. I say, "Humbug!" to porting. I feel that compensators are better than porting.

I feel that the biggest modification that improves accuracy on handguns are the sights and training.

What kind of sights do you have and are you looking at?

Hope I was helpful.

12-29-2008, 04:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Have you tried a Google picture search for these things? I've kept up to date with firearm trends via Google, gun shops, and magazines. The M1911 is hands down the most popular handgun to modify in the US and a zillion people write about it. I have yet to get a firearm magazine in the mail that doesn't feature an article or ad about one A bull barrel is a thicker, conical, heavyweight barrel that doesn't require a bushing and requires the installation of a different recoil spring mechanism ("reverse plug"). The bull barrel is cone-shaped and wedges itself against the inside of the slide when the action is locked up. I prefer bull barrels over regular barrels in M1911 style guns because of the muzzle-end weight advantage and it gets rid of a piece off the gun that is largely unnecessary. Most aftermarket bull barrels worth a damn require a lot of patience to properly fit. Bull barrels are popular on the compact Colt Officer-sized guns out there to make them more manageable at the range. A ramped barrel features a feed ramp as seen on nearly every other pistol on the market such as Glock, Sig, HK, Beretta, etc. The most common example of M1911-style guns that feature this common sense advantage are Para-Ordnance. The M1911, being a veritable dinosaur of the gun world, uses the frame to provide the feed ramp instead of the barrel. The advantage of having a feed ramp on the barrel is there is a less iffy feed transition. I don't recommend compensators and ported barrels on most handguns, so I leave it to somebody else to talk about 'em. It is in my experience that porting is largely unnecessary for anything but the most punishing handguns. Compensators are devices attached to the end of the barrel that begin when the rifling ends at the muzzle crown and serve to distribute the muzzle force in such a manner so as to reduce muzzle flip. Porting is similar but involves poking holes in actual rifled barrel, so as it provide this effect before the round has actually milked as much power as it can from the violently expanding gases used to propel it and the barrel that is guiding it. I say, "Humbug!" to porting. I feel that compensators are better than porting. I feel that the biggest modification that improves accuracy on handguns are the sights and training. What kind of sights do you have and are you looking at? Hope I was helpful. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake." Last edited by Plan9; 12-29-2008 at 04:49 PM..