Is it true what people say about the racking of a shotgun being intimidating enough that it will scare off intruders?

Is it true what people say about the racking of a shotgun being intimidating enough that it will scare off intruders? Or is this just a fudd myth?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No that’s as moronic as firing a warning shot
    If you have a gun in your hand and an intruder standing in front of you, you shoot them dead
    Why on earth would you complicate that, plus some might argue that you should kill them just by principle of them invading your home

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >If you have a gun in your hand and an intruder standing in front of you, you shoot them dead
      That's not the kind of situation this is meant for, it's for morons who think they'll have the chance to hear the intruder breaking in and have enough time to menacingly rack their shotty behind the door

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >hear bump in the night that's definitely not normal
        >rack shotgun
        You're dealing with someone who would break in without adequately checking to make sure no one is home, not ninja assassins.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Not having one already in the chamber
        >losing a shell from a 6 round weapon in an attempt to intimidate.
        Under no circumstances does this sound like a good idea. Besides through a door and down a hallway, the racking isn't that distinctive. It could be mistaken for a fricking radiator knocking or a bunch of other normal household sounds.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >Not having one already in the chamber
          I do this because not all shotguns have a drop safety and I don't enjoy buckshot in my walls. Not the most "ready for anything" tacticool thing of me, I admit, but racking the thing takes under a second and me accidentally knocking my shotgun over is a lot more likely than someone trying to break into a shitty small house with a sunburnt old truck in the driveway in the middle of a small town
          >losing a shell from a 6 round weapon in an attempt to intimidate.
          This I don't do. Waiting to rack your gun for dramatic effect is just asking to get caught off guard with nothing in the chamber.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      warning shots are only moronic because of the law
      there's nothing inherently wrong about them from a tactical perspective and again if not for the law they would have a time and place

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    also you are expelling an unused cartridge

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      unless it's, you know, not loaded

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I keep the chamber of my shotgun empty and use the pump as my safety.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        it is myth and do not do it

        you're just giving off your position. if you've identified them as an intruder, just shoot. A light is better if you are going to reveal your presence if you have to identify.

        NGMI. You do you.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >chamber empty, safety off
        >a.k.a "cruiser ready"
        Acknowledges that most shotguns only have trigger safeties and are inherently not drop safe. Allows for shotgun to be stored loose in a variety of locations. Still able to be readied at a moment's notice. Based and state trooper pilled.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yes. Unless you're someone dealing with a targeted hit for some reason, you're going to be dealing with people who are looking to steal shit that they can pawn or sell for money, which is incompatible with getting into a gunfight.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You're assuming that they're in a state of mind where they can be convinced of things. The fact that they came to your house while you were there is enough evidence to suggest they're either too stupid to predict, too drugged to predict, or actively trying to kill you.
    https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1630610808592908293

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This, unfortunately. Sure, it might scare them off. But so would chambering a round in your AR, or racking the slide on your pistol. But odds are, if they're breaking in when you're obviously home, a noise won't do it.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >a noise won't do it.
        doubt, I have a simulated air raid siren bought off amazon, it is like 130db and stupid fricking realistic. I have wired to a cord I can switch on from cover of my sandbags
        if you continue to break into a house with an air raid siren going off, you are a crazy motherfricker and deserve to be filled with the lead coming your way

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >But odds are, if they're breaking in when you're obviously home, a noise won't do it.
        Cite a single situation to back this claim. We're talking about real life criminals here, not enemies in video games that exist only to make your life interesting and will fight to the death when they encounter you.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Years of experience in social work working with the kind of scumbags that do this shit, as well as common fricking sense. If they wanted to break into a construction site to steal copper wire, they would. They don't plan on sneaking around and running if you wake up.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >dude trust me, home invaders would rather stick around and get in a gunfight when they know someone is there and already has a gun out ready to use, rather than fricking off with what they already have

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Here's a fun one.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >when the guy steps back to the door to slide the chain lock in as well
            Lel, but I think we can agree that some guy going around an apartment complex causing problems with a machete isn't representative of how most home invaders behave, nor does racking a shotgun when they aren't visible somehow mean that you can't shoot them when they are.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If the robber thinks you're not home and doesn't want a fight, it'll probably work
    However there are multiple instances of it not working and it should absolutely not be relied upon. Yelling will have a similar effect.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If you store your shotgun in a cruiser ready configuration (safety off, round not chambered, pump back) then you simultaneously avoid dealing with the lack of a drop safety on most shotguns, having to remember to disengage the safety, and you get a sound so the fudds and the tacticool people should both be happy
    It is also much easier to remember that you have to pump the shotgun than remembering to disengage the safety (which again, on many shotguns does not mean it is drop safe)

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I keep my 870 cruiser ready and the first thing I’m gonna do is rack it and top off the magazine before opening my door to the downstairs fatal funnel of buckshot.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Yeah, after looking into the drop safety of long arms I now store most of them in a cruiser ready configuration because the likelihood of an accidental (not negligent) discharge is much higher than self defense

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Correct

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Absolutely. Hearing a shotgun being racked is the equivalent of hearing a rattlesnake rattle, it is a very distinctive sound associated with someone having a really bad day if they continue to frick around.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Stop listening to biden

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    no idea about shotguns, but the sound of an HK chambering a round seems to do the trick. in the aftermath of hurricane ike a looter came by and tried to break into my house. I slapped the charging handle on my hk-91 and he took off.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      What race was the looter

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Complete fuddlore. Paul Harrell confirmed.

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yes. People instinctively know the sound from movies and vidya and it sounds 10x louder and intimidating IRL than it does in those. If they aren’t a psycho with a death wish coming to kill you and rape your corpse, they will run.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Unless you have a cartel hitsquad gunning for you for some reason the average burglar is going to frick off rather than getting in a gun fight

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It has the same effect as if you were to yell with authority in the dark of night at your would be assailant
    POLICE! FREEEZE!
    >It might get you shot, it might get you arrested, but chances are you will stop the guy in his tracks and most likely he will turn and run!

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You could literally accomplish the same effect by yelling out
    >"I have a gun and I will shoot you"

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Can't say for a fact but one night I was catfish fishing on the neighbor's lake. He got drunk and forgot he had given me permission and ninja slipped up behind me with a Mossberg 500. He racked a shell into the chamber and I got real still real quick and quietly said "Ben, it's anon. You gave me permission to fish and you've been drinking."
    Again, idk how it would work in a home invasion scenario but i damn near shit myself when I was on the receiving end

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I have a Shockwave. It's only 5+1. If I ever have to use it as an HD weapon I will need every round I can get, so I keep it chambered.

    Racking the slide to "scare a burglar" away is dumb. If someone violates the safety and security of your home than you shoot them dead. The only noise an intruder should hear coming out of your gun is "bang".

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