Anyone have a bullet resistant vest?

[gigag04]

There's an SF forum that I follow where they discuss the armor worn by the RA (regular army) and how bulky it is. The general consensus from those guys was that they would rather wear limited armor and retain agility and speed.

Interesting discussion to lurk on that was for sure. I know when our tac guys do a raid they were plate carriers with ballistic plates and helmets. But then you can watch "DEA" and they do high risk raids in baseball caps...I've seen a city SWAT team help them a few teams...

For those in the Austin area, GTdist has been sending me emails of a "vest shoot" demontration.

[Papacub]

Yes, I have one, hanging in my closet. Just in case! (A bullet resistant vest!)

Where did you get it, why did you get, what resistant level is it, how does it feel, is it worn over the clothes or under. Can you lay down in it well?

Marcsiwel, I bought it about 6 years ago just because I could. I've never actually worn it and to be honest I don't even know what brand it is, but I will look and re-post what it is. I would definately wear with a t-shirt under.
Thanks.

O.K., I looked last night and I have a Second Chance Level 2 with a front trauma plate. It's probably 8 years old, I bought it used from a retired Police officer about 6 years ago.

[Carry Big Stick]

now a live shooting demonstration for Pinnacle Armor's Dragon Skin would be a good one to see. It looks to be as close to bullet proof as one can get for right now. Even claims to defeat a variety of rifle rounds..

Would like to see it put through the military tests again. See if they would approve it now with all the controversy and private test that have been ran on it since they failed it a couple of years ago.

[srothstein]

For those of you that have an old vest, remember the true life span on most of them is about ten years. They are all certified for five years because that is the NIJ standard, but most will actually work for about ten years. After that, the material degrades so much as to be almost useless. From the five year mark to about ten years, I would prefer the vest to nothing but I would not want to ebt my life on it.

I no longer have any of my old vests. When they hit the five year mark, I would take them out for the academy classes to see what a vest will and won't do. It can be very interesting the first time to see how a vest really works. Of course, our demo's would never be realistic and we would use the same vest for multiple hits with multiple calibers.

Watching the backplate deformation and the target getting knocked around convinced me, and most cadets, that it might save my life but I certainly did not want to test it by wearing it.