I use ceramic lvl 4 plates in my primary gear and a steel/ceramic hybrid plate in my security gear

Lvl 3+

I currently have quad bend swimmers cut AR500 plates in my carrier that I unfortunately panic bought in a financial pinch when that shit in Virginia popped off back in January. Now I’m having to buy twice and I can’t due to this shutdown bullshit

Oof

Yeaaaaaah. Definitely not my brightest idea. So best option at the moment is to buy spall bags for the armor and hope I don’t have to use it before I can buy quality. It was one of those “cheap armor is better than no armor” moments. So I’m gonna probably place an order from hoplite or somewhere similar and just keep my current setup as a truck/car kit.

But hey, at least I’m not too proud to admit my fuck up 🤷‍♂️ at least I bought some form of body armor instead of buying all the toilet paper and shit like the rest of the idiots did

Yeah you will notice me not be mad sauce over here cause you know what’s up. Glad you’re getting squared away

Definitely working on it

I need platessssssss

I wouldn’t bother getting any bags/backers for the AR500, none of that shit is proven, or actually fixed the problems, just save up for better stuff

Anyone try put the RTS tactical IV plates? I bought some because of testing I saw on YT, seems like they held up

Hoplite or die tbh

I got my lvl 4 ceramic the other day and its almost like magic that it does what it does for that weight

😂😂

Idk anything about those plates @[CA] SoyBoi, but you should literally never trust YouTube armor reviews haha

Initially went off of their compliant claims, but my thing is they're not listed so still iffy lol

If they’re not listed they’re not compliant

And there is a difference between certified and compliant

You right

Just checked said their on the Compliant products list 🤔

I'm gonna look like some expensive Swiss cheese

Working on getting a lot of shit squared away. First picture is the most recent one of my rifle, since this was taken, 45 degree irons have been added and the cable has been taken off and swapped out for a regular end cap. Second was when I got it and all I did was swap out the polymer handguard for the drop in quad rail.

@[CA] SoyBoi did you check the actual NIJ list? 🤔

@Abe Clark I’ve heard nothing but good about them

Hell yeah baby

Thank you I was about to have a fucking aneurism with that cable my guy @[MS] Foxtrot795

Lyman bishop is a fucking beast

@Crye_Salesman yeah but I couldn't find them by name, I messaged them and they said they're not certified by them, but that they exceed the minimum qualifications, and they're going to try to get it in the future

*try*

Levels of doubt increase

I mean it’s a process that takes a little bit, but a reputable company would just wait until the certification had cleared

They didn't say try lol
They said "No there isn’t a reason it’s just that Florida has certain regulations and what not but we’re working on getting it in the future"

Still iffy tho

@Crye_Salesman initially, it was actually down the handguard and was neatly done with the carbine length guard, then I got the full length and had it like this because I misplaced my regular cap but found it a day or two later.

Yeah there’s uh, just no reason to have the pressure pad all the way back there bro

Check out the hesco lvl4 4401s theirs pretty affordable an offer 308 protection

I've been holding off on getting gear for a long ass time
Took a pandemic for me to buy it all 😭

Or if ya aint worrried bout 308. Thr hesco l210s look nice for th price

I'm gonna look them up, are they listed?

Alotta ppl didnt start waking up till this shit

Yeah. Hesco is good shit