Its SLIGHTLY better

https://www.ar500armor.com/ar-freeman-plate-carrier-pkg.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=DS-2Aarmoredrepublic&utm_content=facebookfreemanlifestyle

Plate carrier plus 2 level III plates for $99

All i can afford rn lol

Got steel plates and they have held up to everything short of a 338 Winchester magnum. Lv3 plates traded a single shot 12ga for a set. Been shooting the side plates, they tank green tip and 308 fmj all day long

So good purchase?

I suppose. Spall is a concern.

Got a flak vest from the 70s im thinking of canniballizing the material

Armor is better than no armor

And using it as spall protection*

Yeah you aint wrong

It has spall coating

But i know thay isnt fool proof

I mean at Richmond I was rocking ghetto rigged 3/8s steel plates, torch cut to E/SAPI style, and truckbed limer as anti spall

Im just poor as fuck and refuse to spend 1k on a great setup

Lmao nice

Clocked in at 12lbs a plate lmao

Truckbed liner

Oof

Ooof

So you can see where the spall went

While it wasted your arteries

The chainmail i used in Renaissance stuff was about 35 pounds

I dont think the carrier i got has a pouch for side plates :(

It was just a basic carrier and 2 plates but its hard to beat professionally made armor for 100$

I mean I'm glad I didnt need to do a field test with it. But I'll take a chance of spall than a round tearing through me. But I am buying hoplite lvl 4 cerams soon

Yeah man id like some lv4 plates but im just cheap

Gonna try to score some esapi plates near me

It be like that. Just improve over time king

JUsT aS gOOd

Jk jk

I live right next to an army post so it should be easy

Im the same way, its all i could afford rn

Got my ACH for 60 out here

I mean I jumped at the other ar500 deal around christmas, so I'm one to talk

Hell yeah. All I need is nods

And a personal loan to finance the 2k purchase

*doesnt even have a starter rifle

Yeah man same

Lmao

Palmetto all day bruh