We've had a lot of interest in what would Level II Armour do to stop bullets.

This is commonly called "Fragmentation Armour" and is designed to stop shell fragments.

While not designed as an anti-bullet armour, we wondered what it would do.

My old buddy DVDTracker, of LifeLibertyEtc, sent me some old Level II vests from the military, and said to give them a try.

Here's one of the used vests DVDTracker sent me.

Now, shooting vests isn't as easy as you might imagine.

I had a friend, Michael, who is an expert on this stuff explain that it must be properly "backed-up" with clay to perform properly. He said that it you just hang it in the air and shoot it, most rounds will just go right through. It must have a back-up of either clay or a human body.

The clay I found isn't "ballistic" clay. I bought it at Hobby Lobby, it's modeling clay.

I got 2, 25 pound blocks and built a frame from 2 X 6 lumber to hold it.

This is the set up.

We also had a Groin Protector and it had a warning:

"DO NOT DRY GROIN ARMOR NEAR OPEN FLAME".

There's some good advice.

Especially if you're wearing it.

We draped a vest over the box and decided to shoot it on the back panel.

I tried to talk Tman into just wearing it and letting me shoot it, but he declined

First we shot it with a .22 LR.

The vest stopped the round and it only made a small dent in the clay.