TheKlawMan
Moderator
Sorry, but that (scaring a bg off with the sound of racking a pump) has been debunked all over the Net as false. Additionally, if you have bad guys in your home and your gun is still unloaded - that is not good, especially when that sound just gave away your position
I have wondered about this, oneounce, but if it is dangerous to keep a round chambered what is the solution? I keep the 870 with a full tube next to the bed and if something sounds wrong in the middle of the night, I quietly rack it and then go out on the landing to listen quietly for anything amiss. Of course if things sound definitely bad, my wife is on the phone to the police and I have my son breaking out the skeet gun for a back up if time permits.