[zook]

Get one that makes a nice loud noise when you cock it.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Remington 870 is best in that department. No burglar can mistake the sound of a shell being cycled into the chamber. Nice, distinctive, and loud.

[hoot2]

"Get one that makes a nice loud noise when you cock it."

speak softly, n carry a 12 guage...
load? in town? how close are your neighbors? slugs are for "drive-by's"....they'll go thru the car doors...
need more info, Audio

[Redleg Duke]

You need a pump...nothing like the sound of a pump jacking a shell into the chamber in the dark! :-)

[Shooter 2.5]

Threads like this always bring out the newbies.

[HiramQuick]

lol I know that is always the alarming force that is supposed to scare someone to deat ... I prefer to keep one in the chamber and let the BOOM and immediate impact of 5 shot put the intruder down .... and hopefully hard.

Nothing worse than a P’O’ed intruder ... or one that is momentarily scared .. you never know what to expect.

Only John Wayne had the ability to shoot a gun, knife, weapon out of the bad guys hand ... I sure as Hell am not John Wayne and I don’t want to take any chances. Going down and hopefully hard the first shot.