Today I decided to shoot at my expired Safariland level IIIA soft body armor and post some interesting pics for my fellow Nevadashooters peeps. This first pic is a hard metal trauma plate that slips into the pocket on the front to give extra protection to the vitals. I shot it with .40 S&W and .45 ACP FMJ and JHP, which were all stopped by the plate, but with about an inch or so of deformation. The two small holes were 5.56mm M193 which went through with no problem.
These next two pics show a soft trauma plate with the entry and exit pics of a round of M193. Once again like a hot knife through butter.
Next pics are the entry and exit of M193 through the front panel. You can hardly make out the entry hole through the velcro but the exit is pretty obvious! Pretty nasty on the exit.
Finally a pic of some .40 S&W and .45 ACP rounds that I dug out of the back panel. The body armor without trauma plates stopped all of the pistol rounds I shot at it. They did penetrate into the layers of material but they did not penetrate all the way through. This vest is 7 years old, been expired non-warrantied for 2 years.
These next two pics show a soft trauma plate with the entry and exit pics of a round of M193. Once again like a hot knife through butter.
Next pics are the entry and exit of M193 through the front panel. You can hardly make out the entry hole through the velcro but the exit is pretty obvious! Pretty nasty on the exit.
Finally a pic of some .40 S&W and .45 ACP rounds that I dug out of the back panel. The body armor without trauma plates stopped all of the pistol rounds I shot at it. They did penetrate into the layers of material but they did not penetrate all the way through. This vest is 7 years old, been expired non-warrantied for 2 years.