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Porting shotgun barrels is a waste of time and money and does nothing to reduce recoil. The easiest way to reduce actual recoil is to shoot lower payloads at slower speeds in a heaver gun. Porting does do two things - it makes your gun louder for folks standing nearby and it makes the person making the holes richer.
You can add lead tape under the forearm and take an empty shotshell or two and fill them full of lead and put them in the buttstock under a good recoil pad.
Felt or perceived recoil, aka "kick" is a function of gun fit. It sounds like it doesn't seem to fit your dad very well.
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