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Homemade Armor that Actually Works
Am Shooting Journal ^
| 9/27/2017
| D Smola
Posted on 09/27/2017 6:49:02 AM PDT by w1n1
This homemade armor actually works! Demolition Ranch has tested all sorts of stuff to see how well it would hold up as makeshift body armor with mixed results in the past.
But now, a viewer (Andy) has sent him a simple piece of homemade armor, (1/4 inch un-harden steel glued to a horstall mat) and surprisingly enough, it holds up really well. And thats saying something considering the damage Matt is known for dishing out!
Matt of Demolition Ranch uses these calibers:
- .22
- 9mm
- .45ACP
- .50AE
- 12 Gauge
Who would have thought something as simple as a horse stall mat, flex seal and a simple unhardened steel plate could stand up so well to small arms fire? Here I thought flex seal was only good for taping together a boat! Granted, once you get into those heavier and larger rounds, the armor lost its effectiveness. See the homemade body armor video here.
TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: banglist; blogpimp; bodyarmor
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posted on
09/27/2017 6:49:02 AM PDT
by
w1n1
To: w1n1
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:20:06 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: w1n1
“When the man with a 45 meets the man with a rifle, you said, “the man with a pistol is a dead man.” [Joe loads his gun] Let’s see if it’s true. Go ahead, load up and shoot.”
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:22:27 AM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: w1n1
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:25:03 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: w1n1
"Who would have thought something as simple as a horse stall mat, flex seal and a simple unhardened steel plate could stand up so well to small arms fire?"
Clint Eastwood for one.
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posted on
09/27/2017 8:43:47 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
To: w1n1
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posted on
09/27/2017 8:54:14 AM PDT
by
aimhigh
(1 John 3:23)
To: w1n1
Hardened and formed plates are pretty cheap.
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posted on
09/27/2017 9:16:40 AM PDT
by
Eagles6
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