Uh, Balog, if something goes "bump" in the night, I grab a "heavy, awkward" 12 gauge SxS that's cut down to 18.5, and has external hammers... I'm guessing that those two holes in the business end will look large enough that I may not actually have to use it...
I can imagine that instead of 0.75" holes, I'd be working with 40mm holes... Heh, heh, heh...
Yeah, the goal in raiding a house full of terrorists is to scare 'em real good with your big bad gun.
Maybe we should just carry an Ipod with the sound of a pump racking; that makes everyone pee themselves, right? Cause home defense is exactly the same as fighting a war, right? We should let SWAT teams in on this, they can order up some single shot 4 ga punt guns (cut down, of course) and
really revolutionize extreme close quarters combat!
Try strapping on 80 pounds of kit, jumping out of a too small door hatch, running a hundred yard wind sprint, hopping a 10 foot wall, unlimber the bolt cutters so everyone doesn't have to get over the hard way, kick in a door, then clear up stairs, around weird corners, in closets, and under beds all with a two shot weapon with really heavy recoil, that most likely won't penetrate a sturdy wall. Or keep imagining and spouting stupid crap, I suppose that'd be an option too.
Look, you've made your disdain for the infantry apparent in any number of threads. I'm sure we're all just idiots compared to you. But whatever you may think of our intelligence, grunts know how to kill people a hell of a lot better than some pogue who served in peace time. I'd say the difference between "did it a couple times a day, every day for seven months against real people who were really trying to kill him" and "daydreamed about it and thinks it'd be cool" is statistically significant, but then I'm just a poor stupid assaultman so what do I know?