"Armor piercing point"

Spectra Flex Plus is a laminated material, they use 2 layers (1 hor. 1 vert) and bond them together. Same thing with Glodflex, and a WHOLE bunch of other materials.

Zylon (newest stuff)is lighter, and it is 15 times stronger than steel.

Remember, you can push your hand through water easily if it is done slowly, when it is quick the water has to move out of the way=more resistance.
Same thing with bullets, knives.

certain materials will stop all edged weapons, and just because the vest was not CERTIFIED to stop certain things doesn't mean it won't

also the tramua panel is desinged to reduce blunt tramua, not up the ballistic level.

like was posted earlier, attack the weak points, the material might change, but the body doesn't, so there are certains areas that will always be vunerable, knights, samurai all armor stays basically the same.

oh and the guy who would shoot himself is the head of Secondchance body armor, but what i saw was him shooting himself with a .38 wadcutter with a yellowpages between him and the vest:rolleyes:
(i don't like their stuff)
 
try running up on one of these with your blade...

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Hey, crayola, are you anywhere near vancouver at that time? ;)
I've seen where some guy goes around promoting bulletproof vests with some revolver and a magnum cartridges and nothing between him and the vest. I think it was a 357
 
The round was a 9mm +p+ hydrashok... left a hell of a bruise on my chest, an inch below the collar bone... I was told that if the hit where my collar bone was, that the collarbone would have broken. I can see if the guy has to do this more than once a month, I'd want some padding during the time it takes for the bruises to heal.

Bottom line is, the vests work!
 
Hey, guys...

I certainly did not mean to start any s**t here... All I know about is the REALLY OLD vest that we shot/stabbed, and it did not perform very well.. If it ever came down to it, I'd rather be wearing that than nothing, though....


I doubt that I will ever be stabbed or shot at... (But) I am considering looking into law enforcement, and if I am accepted, may have a much different view on this subject...

So to any of you fellas who have posted in regards to any of my comments this thread... please know that I do not feel that I am an expert in any of this... all I have to go on is what my buddy and I did to a vest... :)


-Dave
 
Iverson: if you still got parts of it left, take it with some .475 linebaugh ;)
 
Calyth, I am not familiar with that round.. it must be pretty powerful, though. The 'largest' round I ever fired was a 45.70 govt. out of a Thompson-Contender. That was even more unpleasant than shooting my buddies .454 casull. I thought I'd enjoy it, but neither the TC nor his Taurus Raging Bull were comfy to shoot. I've never even held a Dan Wesson, but hear that they are a little better in the ergonomics dept.
:cool:

-Dave
 
Yep, a .475 Linebaugh is powerful - this is a rifle cartridge specially designed for elephants. It makes a .50 AE and the .454 Casull look like pea shooters. We're talking about a cartridge that requires a stance with one foot behind you to provide enough leverage to keep it from knocking you over. It's probably the most powerful shoulder-fired cartridge ever. The cartridge, if I remember right, is about same size as the .50 cal used by the military. I don't know if a handgun could even be built strong enough to handle the Linebaugh. If one could be, it would be VERY heavy and large.
 
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