I just had an idea for the world’s most effective home security product.
What is it?
It’s an audio file… like this one.
Yup. That’s all you need. Your home, property, and life of you and your loved ones are now forever safe.
Because — according to some — all you need is the SOUND of a racking shotgun.
*sigh*
Stuff From Hsoi 
That – if it were played loudly and realistically enough (ya, right) – might scare away some small percentage of those willing to break into a home. Say, maybe a single-digit percentage. Maybe. Maybe not. Raise your hand if you want to be the one to make the threat without the ability to follow through on it.
I’m unwilling to bet my life on a bluff.
Nevertheless, people keep touting that the sound of a racking shotgun is all you need… that once a burglar hears that “chunk chunk” they’ll crap their pants. Well, I’ve racked a lot of shotguns and have yet to crap my pants or know of anyone else that has. I mean, it’s not like “the brown note”… 🙂
I was watching “Unforgiven” (I think- Clint Eastwoon, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman) when English Bob and his biographer were confronted by a group of ‘deputies’.
When the biographer pulled out the book and everyone re-cocked their weapons – I just had to call Bull-chit on that scene.
But hey- if I’m up against a goblin, I’ll be already cocked and loaded.
It’s a movie. To show/hear the (re)cocking makes a point… cinematic license.
Unfortunately, too many people get their real-life info from tv and movies, and rarely is it good.
Just get a big dog, preferably doberman. But train it or it will be a little wuss.