The
Box O' Truth #15 - Fragmentation Armor -
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This
is a line-up of the recovered bullets.
9mm, .45 ACP, .40 S&W, .357 Magnum,
.45 Long Colt, and .44 Magnum.
Notice how the kevlar closed up the hollow
points on the bullets that it stopped.
Very interesting.
Lessons learned:
1. The integrity of the vests may grow weak
with age. The newer vest material was stronger
than the old stuff.
2. While not primarily designed to stop handgun
rounds, it stopped most common rounds.
3. I will not make any guesses as to the resulting
injuries caused by the dents in the clay.
I will leave that to Doctors.
But they looked painful. (But probably not
as painful as they would have been without
the vest.)
4. The .357 and the .44 Magnums were not impressed
by the vest. They are still "tough"
calibers.
5. It's still fun to shoot stuff.
It is obvious that rifle rounds will penetrate
one layer of these vests. Would it be worthwhile
to shoot multiple layers? My friend Michael
sent me some Level III material. We will try
it next time.
Next test, we will shoot Shotguns and Rifles.
Stand by.
Thanks to Tman for the help hauling all this
stuff and for the pics.
