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I've had good luck with this older Savage in .308 but the muzzle lift seems excessive. A local smith told me the stock design causes this more than actual recoil.

I loathe the appearance of muzzle breaks. Magna-port advertizing appears to match my basic needs here. But before spending any money, I thought it best to seek advise from this forum.

I'm not concerned about ruining collector value.

Do you think Magna-porting will significantly reduce muzzle jump?

Thanks in advance for your replies.
TR

Just my opinion but I don't think I would alter a classic like a your Savage. From your picture, it looks like it doesn't need any help.

TR these old guns had a lot of drop at the heal which leads them to come up more that straighter stocked guns. I've had several firearms magn-aported including a couple of Smith 44 mag revolvers and one of my 8mm Rem mag bolt guns. All worked well and there was nothing to tell that you had done anything to the gun except for the very small trapezoidal ports on the end of the barrel.

Magna-porting will reduce recoil from 15 to 20% where something like the Vias muzzle brake will reduce recoil 40%. I've found it works very good and would recommend it to anybody whom wants some recoil reduction without the big gob on the end of a barrel.

T.R., those are great pics.

blackfly