Tons of flaws with the "racking the shotgun will make the BG piss his pants" myth.
Tons of flaws with the "racking the shotgun will make the BG piss his pants" myth.
"The 1911 is a collection of subsystems that must work together. Each part must be prepared and fit properly not only in and of itself, but also with regard to the other parts with which it must operate for the gun to function and appear as desired."
I dont know how much of a myth it is. I know that if I was in someone elses house and heard that sound I would shit myself on the way out the door/window/doggy door.Originally Posted by Danny
the only flaw i can see is racking an empty shotgun.....
EF SQUAD FTMFW!!!!
Just a few off the top of my head:
- you give your position away, the element of surprise is one of the best advantages you can have.
- your either racking out a perfectly good round onto the floor or your storing your gun as less than its full capacity. either options is not acceptable imo.
- mindset. gun fights are mental fights mostly. Picking up a gun hoping that the sight, or sound of your weapon solves the problem is a common misconception. Normally its safe to assume that the situation will escalate after a weapon is introduced by either party. A great source on mindsetl is Jeff Cooper.
To kind of go off on a tangent. There is a process the brain has and a word phrase given to it by an old fighter pilot (cant remember, sorry) where your brain essentially has to take the visual and audible information, compile and analyze it, and react in that order. Racking a shotgun can put u on the bad end of this, his movement in reaction to the sound will reset your brains loop, dramatically decreasing your reaction time to pull the trigger. The idea is to reset the opponents loop, not yours. This can be accomplished by turning on your tac light, and taking 1-3 steps to your side, then firing (just one of many examples). The light, and movement on your part will reset his loop and give you a split seconds advantage before his brain can recalculate whats going and where his threat (you) is and traveling to.
Wish i could remember the name of that brain process but i cant.
"The 1911 is a collection of subsystems that must work together. Each part must be prepared and fit properly not only in and of itself, but also with regard to the other parts with which it must operate for the gun to function and appear as desired."
both are valid points, but they dont mean that the sound wont intimidate someone..... you may lose your element of surprise, only partially maybe but the intruder definitely knows you mean business....
and as far as magazine capacity goes.... if you cant hit the sum'bitch with 5 rounds at 10 yards you have a SERIOUS problem.....
the only problem i can see if you dont have your 5+1 or 7+1 on you is when theres more than a few intruders.
EF SQUAD FTMFW!!!!
I guess some people need to do some research and have never taken any firearms classes at all.
"Racking a shotgun" is not going to make an intruder run away. Its a proven fact that 90% of the time they will get more aggressive in there intent. Anywho.. I love short shotguns (splatter guns) for there purpose but for the ultimate pick it up off the stand point and shoot its harder to finagle a shotgun from behind a nightstand or behind a door than it is to pick up a pistol and squeeze the trigger. my
Only two men ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. Defend your rights or lose them forever.
If the intruder's goal is simply to rob you, I feel like the sound would give him second thoughts. Now granted, if the intruder is in your house and their only purpose is to kill you, I'd agree with your assessment.I guess some people need to do some research and have never taken any firearms classes at all.
"Racking a shotgun" is not going to make an intruder run away. Its a proven fact that 90% of the time they will get more aggressive in there intent. Anywho.. I love short shotguns (splatter guns) for there purpose but for the ultimate pick it up off the stand point and shoot its harder to finagle a shotgun from behind a nightstand or behind a door than it is to pick up a pistol and squeeze the trigger. my
However, since you probably are not going to know a home intruder's intent, I'd think the logical thing to do would be remain silent and in one location, with your gun pointed at the door/hallway and your finger on the trigger.
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