room clearing tactics

Stalker · April 24, 2002, 08:18 AM

do you guys know any other room clearing tactics? i only know four. the cross-button, button-hook, quick peek & slice pie.

fix · April 24, 2002, 09:18 AM

Sure. There's the "frag", the "satchel", the "CS grenade", the "Willie Pete", the "fire for effect", the "target painted...cleared hot", etc, etc.

Kalindras · April 24, 2002, 11:06 AM

I can usually clear a room, just by breaking wind...sometimes I can get a whole restaurant, if the wind is right...

Christopher II · April 24, 2002, 11:57 AM

The 'quick peek' and 'slicing the pie' I'm familiar with, but could you describe the other two? No words of more than three syllables, please...

- Chris

Chazman · April 24, 2002, 12:00 PM

AAHHHH.... An ass grenade.

I'm fairly proficient with those myself, or so my wife says!

Bogie · April 24, 2002, 05:39 PM

My favorite: 911

They get paid to do stuff like that. I'm not gonna stick my head into a room, with the chance that someone's gonna blow it off unless I absolutely have to... Just hunker down, and wait for a nice clear target.

Yeah, I'm sneaky. So?

KSFreeman · April 24, 2002, 05:46 PM

There is only one: DON'T!!!

flinch_of_gt · April 24, 2002, 10:48 PM

Unless you have a very good reason to try to clear a room (wife or daughter being held hostage), you should let the cops handle it. A door is often referred to as a fatal funnel, since it acts as a natural bullet highway. Incoming fire always has the right of way.

Cops generally operate in teams when clearing rooms, and the military prefers to use high explosives. Both should tell you that trying to clear a room as an individual is a bad idea.

Hkmp5sd · April 24, 2002, 10:53 PM

A good room clearing method if you don't want to wait on the cops is turning loose the hairy, 4-legged, Alpo eating, anti-intrusion and audible alarm system. Bow-wow.

Tainted · April 25, 2002, 12:27 AM

I prefer to let police handle this type of thing.

However I came home with a friend one night and her back door was open. I immediatly backed her and me into a corner and together we "cleared the house" She provided back up for each room. I moved swiftly in and out. Then I found otter pops in the bathroom. Turns out that some kids had crawled in through the kitty door and sat in the bathroom eating their otter pops. Nothing was missing. It could have been real bad tho if those kids were hidding somewhere in the house.

From now on I think I will let the boys in blue do the wet work.
The pros are best at handling this stuff. Problem with doing his is somebody bad can sit in the dark with cover and wait till you walk in to clear the room and pop you before you even know they are there.

Hemicuda · April 25, 2002, 07:24 AM

Flash-Bang

OC Grenade...

OBIWAN · April 25, 2002, 03:56 PM

Israeli Knock Knock Joke

Stitch round hole through door with Uzi SubGun

Pitch Fragmentation grenade through hole

Plug ears!

HKguy9 · April 25, 2002, 08:43 PM

Deploy gas mask and OC (Odiferous Critter):

Gets the BGs out pretty good.

**Mike Irwin** · April 26, 2002, 11:50 AM

Well, according to some of the things you read, you simply stick the muzzle of a shotgun into the room through the door, at ANY angle, and touch off.

The buckshot will immediately form a room-filling cloud, destroying any target in the room.

foghornl · April 26, 2002, 12:28 PM

I haven't seen them on the shelf lately, but then I haven't looked either...I had to clear my home once several years back..came home and found an open window. I set off 6 of the "D-Con" brand 4-gone "roach bombs". In about 3 minutes, a local "punky boy" climbed out the window, "koff koff hack hack Why the *** did you gas me, man? ? ? ?" he asked, as the police hauled him away.......

**Mike Irwin** · April 26, 2002, 01:51 PM

"Why did you gas me?"

"Because I couldn't see you to shoot you..."

April 24, 2002, 08:18 AM	#1
Stalker Member Join Date: April 24, 2002 Posts: 50	room clearing tactics do you guys know any other room clearing tactics? i only know four. the cross-button, button-hook, quick peek & slice pie.

April 24, 2002, 11:06 AM	#3
Kalindras Member Join Date: January 17, 2002 Location: Wichita Falls, TX Posts: 70	It's highly specialised, but... I can usually clear a room, just by breaking wind...sometimes I can get a whole restaurant, if the wind is right... __________________ If ignorance is bliss, why does stupidity hurt me so?!?

April 24, 2002, 11:57 AM	#4
Christopher II Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 1999 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,349	The 'quick peek' and 'slicing the pie' I'm familiar with, but could you describe the other two? No words of more than three syllables, please... - Chris __________________ "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein "Contrary to popular belief, your vote does not matter, and you cannot make a difference." - Bob Murphy, "Picking Neither of Two Evils" My PGP Public Key

April 24, 2002, 05:39 PM	#6
Bogie Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2000 Location: Job hunting on the road... Posts: 3,827	My favorite: 911 They get paid to do stuff like that. I'm not gonna stick my head into a room, with the chance that someone's gonna blow it off unless I absolutely have to... Just hunker down, and wait for a nice clear target. Yeah, I'm sneaky. So? __________________ Job hunting, but helping a friend out at www.vikingmachineusa.com - and learning the finer aspects of becoming a precision machinist. And making the world's greatest bottle openers!

April 24, 2002, 05:46 PM	#7
KSFreeman Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2001 Location: Lafayette, Indiana--American-occupied America Posts: 5,418	There is only one: DON'T!!! __________________ "Arguments of policy must give way to a constitutional command." Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573, 602 (1980).

April 24, 2002, 09:18 AM	#2
fix Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2001 Posts: 919	Sure. There's the "frag", the "satchel", the "CS grenade", the "Willie Pete", the "fire for effect", the "target painted...cleared hot", etc, etc.

April 24, 2002, 12:00 PM	#5
Chazman Member Join Date: April 16, 2002 Location: The Birthplace of Speed, FL Posts: 44	AAHHHH.... An ass grenade. I'm fairly proficient with those myself, or so my wife says!

April 24, 2002, 10:48 PM	#8
flinch_of_gt Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2001 Location: Snow Bunny Country Posts: 371	Unless you have a very good reason to try to clear a room (wife or daughter being held hostage), you should let the cops handle it. A door is often referred to as a fatal funnel, since it acts as a natural bullet highway. Incoming fire always has the right of way. Cops generally operate in teams when clearing rooms, and the military prefers to use high explosives. Both should tell you that trying to clear a room as an individual is a bad idea. __________________ "If Plan A is taking multiple .308 hits to the back, I suggest a Plan B."

April 24, 2002, 10:53 PM	#9
Hkmp5sd Senior Member Join Date: December 15, 2001 Location: Winter Haven, Florida Posts: 4,303	A good room clearing method if you don't want to wait on the cops is turning loose the hairy, 4-legged, Alpo eating, anti-intrusion and audible alarm system. Bow-wow. __________________ NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Home Safety, Personal Protection, Range Safety Officer NRA Life Member

April 25, 2002, 12:27 AM	#10
Tainted Member Join Date: April 3, 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 61	I prefer to let police handle this type of thing. However I came home with a friend one night and her back door was open. I immediatly backed her and me into a corner and together we "cleared the house" She provided back up for each room. I moved swiftly in and out. Then I found otter pops in the bathroom. Turns out that some kids had crawled in through the kitty door and sat in the bathroom eating their otter pops. Nothing was missing. It could have been real bad tho if those kids were hidding somewhere in the house. From now on I think I will let the boys in blue do the wet work. The pros are best at handling this stuff. Problem with doing his is somebody bad can sit in the dark with cover and wait till you walk in to clear the room and pop you before you even know they are there.

April 25, 2002, 07:24 AM	#11
Hemicuda Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,757	4 words... Flash-Bang OC Grenade... __________________ Hemi. gun and car collector. Rare cars, and rarer guns.

April 25, 2002, 03:56 PM	#12
OBIWAN Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,340	Israeli Knock Knock Joke Stitch round hole through door with Uzi SubGun Pitch Fragmentation grenade through hole Plug ears!

April 25, 2002, 08:43 PM	#13
HKguy9 Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2001 Posts: 2,132	Deploy gas mask and OC (Odiferous Critter): Gets the BGs out pretty good. __________________ P7M8, VP9

April 26, 2002, 11:50 AM	#14
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	Well, according to some of the things you read, you simply stick the muzzle of a shotgun into the room through the door, at ANY angle, and touch off. The buckshot will immediately form a room-filling cloud, destroying any target in the room. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

April 26, 2002, 12:28 PM	#15
foghornl Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,354	I haven't seen them on the shelf lately, but then I haven't looked either...I had to clear my home once several years back..came home and found an open window. I set off 6 of the "D-Con" brand 4-gone "roach bombs". In about 3 minutes, a local "punky boy" climbed out the window, "koff koff hack hack Why the *** did you gas me, man? ? ? ?" he asked, as the police hauled him away.......

April 26, 2002, 01:51 PM	#16
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	"Why did you gas me?" "Because I couldn't see you to shoot you..." __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.