Originally Posted by
Nightshade
Your theory is seriously flawed because unless you live in a large house (3k sq feet or more) most houses have a single pathway setup (a gauntlet of sorts tactically speaking).
So if you rack while standing in the hallway at your room door to warn whoever it is, they know there is only one doorway you can come through. They setup on the same side you would enter from with a club of some kind and knock the gun out your hand as well as you out the way and it is over.
Tactically speaking racking a shotgun has some intimidation but it also can be a huge mistake in letting them know you are coming and where from whether they can see you or not
I do have a large house. Also have a dog downstairs by the door and the bedrooms are upstairs with an overlooking balcony that can't be seen through looking up and a high vantage point all the way around the stairs. I'd know somebody was there and be locked on them LONG before they could even know where in the house I was or IF anyone was home.