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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
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
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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.
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i like my setup ...
one entry into building with a breachers worst nightmare ... one long corrider to travel down with no protection. they can come in but it turns into a defenders dream when he comes down that hallway
one entry into building with a breachers worst nightmare ... one long corrider to travel down with no protection. they can come in but it turns into a defenders dream when he comes down that hallway
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un-Touch'd krew
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Once the intruder is neutralized it becomes a house again.
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Yeah but your logic is equally as flawed. You say that XS's idea is rarely valid unless it's a big house. Well your idea is rarely valid unless it's someone breaking in directly to kill you... and does that happen even a large minority of the time? Uh, no.
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I figured the pump would just scare most people off, I would figure it would scare off the majority invaders. how many thugs would think to come after someone after they pump? but per your arguments it does make sense since there is a small percentage that would use that pump aginst you.
I hope I'd never have the situation, but its good to know about these situations just in case. great info guys.
I hope I'd never have the situation, but its good to know about these situations just in case. great info guys.