Pump action shotguns like the 870 are great until you’ve short stroked it in the heat of the moment and have a heck of a jam to clear.
At least one poster on this thread knows the score about the long ago debunked ‘rack and scare’ baloney. Besides a possible jam that will happen when no one EVER wants one, (and jams do/can/will happen), it also gives your position away. I can’t believe that there are still folks who buy into that garbage.