recoil reduction

I have a Colt 1911 that was gone through and built by an excellent 'smith who specialized--and was very successful--in building pin guns in the 1990s. Unlike most of his work, this gun was not compensated. I had a similar gun stolen, so he kindly offered to exchange my my insurance settlement...

For you folks with bull barrels and/or pic rails on your Government sized 1911s - Does it actually reduce the recoil impulse? i.e., less impulse traveling to your wrist and elbows when comparing it side by side to a standard government size with regular barrel? Does it translate to slightly...

Posting this in General as they do rifles, shotguns, revolvers, and auto-loaders. I've always been interested in porting and how well it does or doesn't work. I had a Glock 23 laying around and decided to give it a whirl. With .40 S&W running at 35,000 PSI (according to SAAMI) it seemed like...