[OKSooner]

This isn't directed at anybody personally, but folks really need to reconsider this mythical notion of "racking a round into the chamber" to frighten a BG because it is a very bad tactic that might get you killed. I hope you're never in the situation, but do it and you're gambling with your life.

If the bg's a rational person, of course, he's gonna freeze and soil his pants. But what if he's in a separate reality from drugs, and he's armed or just physically capable of harm? Or what if he's a professional criminal who will know from that racking sound where to shoot, and that he's got about three microseconds to do it?

Check out this thread for an example:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2568496/posts

I can only suggest what other people do, of course, but in a standoff at my house the sound that guy's going to hear is a different one.

[dblshot]

BGs won't hear me racking my shotgun over the barking of my three 100 pound + dogs that are going to be their first problem to deal with when I open the bedroom door. what's the most dangerous dog in the world? Maybe a chihuahua backed by an armed owner. Those little guys are good burgler alarms.

[Vendome]

Exactly. I don’t believe racking does anything but act as a ping so they know where you are.

It also and and thought of pensiveness and can get you killed.

Best to be done with it and deal with emotional aspects afterward.