My mosseburg 500 is carrying 3 rounds #4 buckshot then 2 rounds 00 buckshot. If bad guys have already entered the house, racking the pump tells them where you are. Just the thunder and “say goodbye azzhole” is what’s in my bedroom.
I am still not sure if racking the slide is a good idea or not. First of all, I would not count on the sound turning the criminal into jelly. It might make him quietly leave tho.
I once jerked a door open, flipped on an outside light and stuck a cocked and chambered Browning Hi-Power right against a burglar’s forehead. He was trying to break into a cabin and did not know it was occupied.
It did not even phase him. He told me his car was in the ditch and he was looking for a telephone. I had heard him trying to remove the battery from an RV parked right next to the cabin.
It turned out he really was in the ditch. The deputy who arrested him later stopped by and told me he was pretty sure he was trying to steal a battery as the one on his car was dead.
My firearms are loaded, for defensive purposes, of course.
I never understood the idea of making any extra noise with the action.
At that point the game is afoot. Make your best play.