Ok, ok, ok.... I admit I like ported guns.
My Springfield M1A Socom 16 (ported) got me hooked. I can shoot a 20 round clip and there is zero muzzle jump and hardly any recoil.
My love for ported marlins came while my Dad and I were walking around a gun show and we came across a ported .450 that happened to follow my Dad home. We took it to the range and after the first shot I fell in love. There is just something about a ported short barrel lever gun.
So in the past year, we purchased 7 ported Marlins (3 for me and 4 for my Dad).
Still out looking for more and that's how I came across this 45lc, but I am not sure if it was factory ported. Sounds like a nice little gun even if someone got it magna ported.