Abstract: Disclosed is an improved integrally recoil-compensated slide action pistol having a frame, a barrel having a bore on a barrel axis, the bore having a caliber diameter, a feed slide connected to the frame for movement parallel to the barrel axis between open and closed positions, the barrel being substantially enclosed between the slide and the frame in the closed position thereof. The improvement provides lateral front enlargement of the barrel and having a front sight mount; and a pair of compensator ports in fluid communication with the bore that exit at upper shoulder surfaces of the enlargement, the slide being formed for lateral exposure of the enlargement in the closed position.