I kinda want a 10mm MechTech carbine for the lols

Already have the 9mm for plinking

I'd kinda like a carbine chambered in something ballistically similar to .30 Carbine.

So .300blk

.500 S&W is the superior cartridge

@FireRising 357 Mag or just get a PC9 in .960 Rowland

You mean like this @FireRising ?

If I had 500 to spare I’d buy a PC9 and a Holosun

the lack of .357 sig carbines makes me <:Angry:483456053808463882>

Dude makes lvl IIIa armor out of fiberglass. 30$
https://youtu.be/_7jiIQOgwtI

He didn't test it to spec

And for the love of god

Fibreglass

Do you want fiberglass, in your body

The NIJ tests armor against a solid backer.

A simple piece of 1/2" plywood will appear to stop 9mm

As the plywood itself being *fucking launched* can absorb enough momentum to stop

Doesn't mean if you tape it to your chest it's IIIa

I think I will just pay the $99 for real lvl IV.

Don’t 👏 cheap 👏 out 👏 personal 👏 protective 👏 gear

^

If you're gonna make your own use real fucking kevlar like I do

Don’t 👏 cheap 👏 out 👏 personal 👏 protective 👏 gear

Do you research, buy something quality within your means

VEE SEE PLS

imma go purchase me a ruger mk iv tomorrow feelsgoodman
just gotta get a tax stamp to suppress it

also fibreglass is nice for hardening structures and shit, like lining a section of wall or something
but it does bad things to you if it fragments into your body

I mean, if its fragmenting into your chest, dont you have additonal bigger problems to worry about.

Like bullet wounds?

Or that the BFD needed for serious spalling would entail your chest being caved in

Otherwise the fiberglass "spall" would just get caught in your carrier.

Also I never said it was an amazing idea. Just gets the noggin joggin.

Personal plates are lvl 4 ceramic w/spall liners.

Buuut im in the army now so i just get gov plates and kevlar.

I'd like to see a proper NIJ test battery on that $30 plate.

Someone should. Id watch.

@Demoranch

You'd need 14 plates total for a single threat test

14 more plates for each additional threat

Okay, so NIJ III and IV standards are as follows

III: 9 panels, 6 shots per panel. 4 panels for ballistic limit testing, 4 panels for BFD testing, one spare.

IV: Enough panels to get 24 BFD test shots and 12 ballistic limit test shots, 1 spare.

If you only want single-shot IV protection, you need 37 panels total

Then you take the rest of the 14 panels and condition them with water and cold and shit, then run the same tests.