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AndyC wrote:I doubt that thing could take a single shot; I don't believe it was designed to stop bullets, just divert some blunt force.

You can always stick one of these on the front....

RogueUSMC wrote:

Pawpaw wrote:I'm not going to rush out and buy a $125.00 ball cap, but it probably does have some value.

I don't think you're likely to survive a square-on hit, but it might provide enough deflection of an angled shot.

Given the dynamics of most encounters and the fact that our noggins are round, I think there is a high likelihood the bullet would strike a glancing blow.

This is all assuming the BG hits you in the forehead...

Using that logic, it is silly for police or our troops to wear body armor because it assumes the BG shoots you in the upper torso.

psijac wrote:Is it still bulletproof if I wear it like this?

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No reason to speculate how well the cap works. We already have the "after" picture.

treadlightly wrote:Not sure about this one, but aren't there cases of survivors hit in the noggin, the bullet deflected by whatever they call the goo that attaches your scalp to your headbone? (Sorry for the specific medical terms, but I like precision of expression.)

Maybe a tough cloth that would enhance the deflection of a non-direct bullet strike would do some good.

But the big question is whether the manufacturer will trust their own products, like Davis trusts his Second Chance vests - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhyETXW1u0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

An old friend of mine in the Pasadena PD was in an exchange of fire with a suspect who had just shot my friend in the stomach with a .410 shotgun, during a B&E investigation of an empty home. My friend was a competitive shooter. When he was hit, he went down on his back and immediately drew his weapon. He returned fire and hit the suspect in the forehead between the eyebrows at an upward angle (from across the room as the suspect was running up an open staircase, no less) with his service .357. The bullet deflected off the suspect's frontal bone and dissected between the bone and scalp, staying under the scalp until it popped out the back.....the perp being no worse for the wear other than needing stitches and some aspirin. The suspect was a petty criminal with a record and was known to local police. For reasons I don't recall, the suspect was never tried or convicted for shooting my friend. Lack of witnesses, or maybe he fled town.....whatever. My friend was very bitter about it.

In an odd twist, the suspect had an identical twin brother who was employed on the city's motor yard where cop cars were sent for maintenance and repairs. This was unknown to my friend who, after months of surgery, hospitalization, physical therapy and recuperation, was back on the job. He was sent over to the city yard to pick up a squad car, where he ran into the twin brother. He drew down on the guy and held him at gunpoint until backup arrived and sorted things out.

TBJK wrote:I think I will take my odds with no hat. That would have to be like being hit in the head with a baseball bat. I'd like to see that hat on a melon then shot to see what the impact is like to the melon.

The video that I saw on the local news showed the impact on a cantaloupe wearing the hat. The cantaloupe had 1" diameter hole at impact and the surrounding melon was all squishy. Left me with the impression that the brain would have been impacted by the skull being driven into it. Didn't look all that survivable. Plus, as mentioned by several others, the protected area is too small. Kinda like having a pocket t-shirt with a Kevlar pocket.