Can a Bulletproof vest save you from a 20 gauge shotgun?

[twelvgage1984]

i guess the answer is yes. the vest can save u.

[CrzyJayJay]

.... Good Nuff

[yesiamawizardjonny]

I hate when this happens to me..

[drewnickel]

keep in mind the energy from that impact isn't absorbed just because the bullet/slug/pellets are stopped. that energy is transfered through the body regardless of whether the round pierces it or not. meaning your still getting a broken breast bone or ribs and severe bruising, potentially even ruptured organs from the trauma. but that's what trauma plates are for.

[tractorman96]

doesnt save you from the blunt force trauma

[jehovahuponyou]

@tractorman96 - THANK YOU 96! WHILE THE MISSILE (PROJECTILE, BULLET, SLUG, ETC.) MAY BE STOPPED BY THE VEST, BUT THE WEARER OF SAID VESTS WHO WILL ABSORB THE ENERGY FROM SAID MISSILE - IF SAID MISSILE HAS ENOUGH ENERGY, THEN THE BODY IS HARMED BY ABSORBING IT, INTERNAL BLEEDING, RUPTURE OF THE HEART OR GREAT VESSELS, HEART STOPPAGE BY SUCH SUDDEN FORCE, OR HEART BRUISED AND TISSUE DIES (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION) HEART ATTACK - AND WEARER OF VEST MAY DIE! NOT GETTING SHOT IS THE IDEA!

[tractorman96]

@jehovahuponyou trauma can be just as bad as getting hit with the bullet

[jehovahuponyou]

@tractorman96 - OK, I WON'T CUSS - BUT THAT IS WHAT MY WHOLE POST WAS ABOUT - I WAS NOT ONLY AGREEING WITH YOU, BUT ELABORATEING ABOUT JUST HOW BAD THE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA OR TRANSFER OF THE MISSLES KINETIC ENERGY CAN BE ON THE HUMAN BODY EVEN THOUGH SAID MISSLE IS STOPPED BY THE VEST (THE ENERGY STILL GOES SOMEWHERE!) - YOU REALLY DIDN'T GET WHAT I WAS SAYING, OR THAT I WAS AGREEING WITH YOU 100%?

[tractorman96]

@jehovahuponyou nah i didnt get it, u used too big of words

[jehovahuponyou]

@tractorman96 - TOO BIG OF? - DO WHAT? - HMM, OK, I'LL START OVER:

I AGREE WITH 96.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T GET IT, I'M GONNA HIT YOU WITH A VIETNAM ERA FLAK-JACKET - ROFL!

:^)

[tractorman96]

@jehovahuponyou haha alright

[jehovahuponyou]

@tractorman96 - COOL!

:^)

[SneakySockPuppet]

It saves you from death but unfortunately doesn't pick you up off the ground and restore consciousness.

[ZipGunproductions]

Isnt that soft body armor, if it is would it go through hard body armor?

[PinoyPogiman]

umm... hows the other side?

any cavities?

[LoyalBrothaz817]

well did it got throug?

[RockyAlajoki]

like to see what a 12 would do, or try and track down an 8

[fuckcomments]

I like when he cut his friends hand with the knife.

[nastyfishy]

It might prevent penetration, but the force is going to liquify your guts.

[Platinumpitviper]

still dead from blunt force trauma 

[gluemuncher1986]

@Platinumpitviper Unless it's right center on the heart, I doubt it.

[dylbyl1234]

o ya cause a soft body armor will definitly protect u from the massive impact ..... it will be like geting hit by a truck it dont matter if u got the bulet proof vest on or not the vest just makes u abosrb all the energy of the round

[gpmancat56]

Even if the vest stopped the bullet, the blunt force trauma would be a bitch!

[creamiercorn]

What i want to know is.... who the fuck just has bullet proof vests just laying around to shoot up and render useless?

[cadw600]

oo yea i like to touch exposed lead with my bear hands without a glove.

[killchain187]

@cadw600 touching lead bare handed is perfectly safe unless you decide to suck on your fingers without washing them.

[monimstarfox]

it wont save your ribs though :(

[dxxa94]

lets se how it stands up for flettchets

[TheAKmatics]

get an AK47

[IKEELYOUNOW]

@TheAKmatics ak47 sucks dude get out of the past and move on toward better things.

[Aqualiteking]

Should have tried it with a 10 gauge

[RoundenBrown]

Like getting hit with a 100mph fastball.

[tonythedemocrat1]

uh just shoot them in the head if they got a vest on.

[SuperMachinegunner]

best way to check if a kevlar vest will save you ass in a firefight.

1st put vest on

2nd give weapon and ammo to friend

3rd stand in front of friend and tell him to fire on the vest

4th pray that the vest is good

[lanceglock45]

most Kevlar vests will stop any shotgun round,whether 12ga.,buck,or slug.but not flecettes

[MegaPenguinmaster]

i think the guys still alive...but thats gunna hurtSOOOO much lol

[danster3461]

well thats a soft plate but damn

[romeodelta1178]

cool test, shame ya had to waste a vest to do it

[limitsmeinside]

Just to point out, given the distance. Say 50 yards. A heavy jacket will save you from a 20 gauge.

[efrey614]

@limitsmeinside Yea if your using bird shot sure a heavy coat will help, but if you are using a 20 gauge slug you are toast even at 100yd 200yd if your hit. Even with regular self defense buck shot a 20 gauge will rip through any regular coat at 50 yards. Remember for shotguns there are all different power loads and projectiles. God bless

[LiquidEmber]

try a copper solid slug

[infowars69]

What all of you are saying is, that the Blunt Trama would be near deadly even thou the Buck-shot did not penetrate the vest completly. But most modern vest come with trauma plates that are inserted into a pocket in the vest that protects the vital organs from the blunt trama caused by the impact of the round.

[Origin305]

I think the guy on the other side is dead just from the impact.

[Fedaykin4321]

@Origin305

I would have to agree.....a bunch of broken ribs stuck in your lungs can do that.

[Usernameinvalid16]

It probably would knock you on your ass lol i dont think it would kill you and im sure you would also have the wind knocked out of you haha

[3liteX]

ud prolly still get a pretty nasty bruise

[illlite]

i thought shotguns got bigger based on the gauge no. lowering

[s04r3r]

@illlite The "Gauge" is worked out by how many solid lead balls can be cast from a pound of lead. 20 Gauge is 20 balls, 10 gauge is 10 balls. So, the smaller the number the bigger the ball. The ball is the same as the inside diameter of the barrel. (even though most people only fire shot)

[J0Gu7]

A truck doesnt have to go thru a person to kill them

[dvsilverwing]

Although 20 gauge buckshot, and maybe some hollowpoint slugs won't penetrate through, a 3 or 3.5 inch sabot slug would more than likely crush its way through.

[itchykami]

From what I understand, a shotgun shell's damage is spread out over a good area, so it wouldn't have much in the way of penetration compared to any rifle. A slug would have a chance, obviously. If i'm wearing armor, I'd be much happier to be hit by a 20 guage over a .223.

[spiltblackink]

Thats because a shotgun has no spirles on the inside of the barrel like a rifle so it sprays like the old muskit's except with more lead

[6117240]

spiltblackink you can get shotguns with rifled barrels that is the spirals inside the gun to help the slug spin for greater flight stability.

[Cubensis2009]

@6117240 you can also get rifled slugs.

[darkwolf809]

did you shoot it with a slug?

[semmes1234]

It would make the wearer of the vest fart no doubt....even if they did not have gas!

[stealthbeast]

It'd make you shit your instenstines out.

[twobanger]

The blunt force trama would break a whole lot of organs. You would probably die even though the slug did not penetrate the vest.

[simsohi]

thats why you ware 20 trauma plates one for every gauge! lol

[WarPigz0]

Thats the motherfucker that stole my knife

[austinash9704]

@WarPigz0 really

[lexmark136]

birdshot will break your ribs if you have a vest, i cant imagine what a slug would do!

[queefjuice100]

i think you would die not from penetration but because the blunt force would cause internal bleeding and damage

[Sochill247]

You never know, stranger things have happened. However, IT WOULD HURT LIKE A BITCH! Hope none of us ever have to find out.

[WarPigz0]

Well, i hope MOST of us would never have to find out. Theres some real assholes out there.

[Sochill247]

Yes sir!

[longbeachmustangkid]

haha you get a thumbs up just because of your name lol

[PedroMM193]

well... it can but sure it will knock down whorever is using the vest

[tbsdrummer87]

Bullet-resistant is the correct term. Impressive though. Try a 12ga next time.

[RjJeepLover]

It'll knock you on your butt for sure unless your John Cena or something.

[underwaterscatcave]

Lets see how it stands up to a slug.

[dodgersfan654]

i think that is a slug

[RangerAirsoft101]

@underwaterscatcave Even if the slug doesn't penetrate the vest it'll break a lot of bones. Either way you're out of the fight.

[Firecloud500]

I thnk it could all depend on ballsitics, round type, distance and what not

[GodlessMartyr666]

no shit, thats like saying, "are we going out to sea?" and getting the reply, Well that depends on the weather obviously a thousand little variables will determine how effective a vest of armor will be against a ballistic projectile

[Firecloud500]

basically

[navaar70]

At least this one wasn't dumb enough to be wearing it at the time.

[RobertoRebelato]

the camera man is a pro!

[robinlodal]

You mean camera WOMAN, of course ;)

[natedogisacrazykid]

lol

[gunlover2010]

what ammo..... shotgun slug or buck, or long range ....

[D33Lux]

That's a very expensive test! Those vests run up a pretty penny, especially the level lll's.

[jdotman2k8]

but if it fails then its a good investment(the test)

[CujoTheMadDawg310]

that was looked like a cheap one you can find them preatty cheap

[DARKNESSFALLOWS]

shoot it with a 44 and use a halow point bullet

[gun4877]

a .44 what? a .44 magnum? i know what your talking about but other people might not =) just trying to help (BTW i dont belive they make a .44 mag hollow point)

[YllwFvrPB]

They sure do make em in JHP. Also if this was a IIIA vest it could take a 44, and a JHP would be stopped better than a FMJ because the hollow would fill with fibers and get "caught" better.

[godzilla8china]

gun4877 although I realize it is two months late for commenting, but for the sake of others they do make .44mag hollow point ammo. It's not cheap, but its still there.

[Spelunker0211]

I could not imagine how bad that would feel, probably like a baseball bat hitting a home run focusing all of the power in one small area....Ouchies!

[naljeja]

imagine welding a bullet at the front of a sledgehammer and then hit someone with all your force

[faungfu]

yes but still crack your bone.

[jackroccosteve1200]

boring!

[criticaboutvids]

holy crap... that would save you

if ur chest was made of steel

[mouzewheel]

why do u niggers write comments a fucking paragraph long

[TheMovieMaker123]

why don't you?

[mouzewheel]

Wtf?

[D33Lux]

it bothers you because you're too stupid to read past one sentence you lab rat!

[mouzewheel]

Wow, if I wanted any lip from you I'd jiggle my fucking zipper. Faggot! Haha, by the way, bitch, I can read quite well.

[GreenDayFtw0]

If a pistol at medium range brings you down to your knees with a bulletproof vest..your screwed at close range if hit by a shotgun.

[fruchttragend]

Well i dont remember exactly the name of the round but i do know that there is in the market a round that is a SABOT round with a unique .40 .45 FMJ and HP..

At close range this SABOT round for shotguns, got to be a real problem for a bulletproof vest. I mean a real chalenge because the very high energy that the bullet is going to deploy on a single spot and the energy of a 12 gauge involved.

[k0naks]

U would have died to pain of those bullets hitting you.

Even with pistol hurts like hell

[sparks12001]

.....no these vests are tested to minimalize the blunt trauma, they arent allowed on the market if they do not meet certain standards.

[Ramathorn974]

While ther is certainly going to be blunt trauma i'd say if your wearing at minimum level II armor you have nothing to worry about. And as far as the people saying that kevlar deteriorates from UV exposure is true it happens over years of use. Hense the carriers for the vests. And now vest manufacturers arent using kevlar in their vests. lighter and stronger fibers are being produced. Such as Gold Flex, Dyneema, Spectra Shield and Twaron.

[fruchttragend]

Ramathorn you are completly correct bro!

The kevlar by Dupont is still in use, but more and more new fibers are been introduced in this market dominated by Dupont, like the kevlar, Spectra Shield by Honeywell and Twaron that is a heat-resistant and strong synthetic fiber developed in the 1970s by the Dutch company AKZO, division Enka, later Akzo Industrial Fibers.

Combination of this fibers increase the protection, lower the weight, give more flexibility and reduce also the blunt trauma.

[lynusluver]

What level body armor is the vest?

[devel155]

Shotguns will not penetrate body armor easily because of the round lead ball, It squishes into a pancake and is no longer effective at pinpointing the force.

If you are trying to penitrate body armor with a shotgun. Use solid copper or copper jacketed slugs.

[codypanek]

that probably still would kill the wearer, and if it was a 12 gauge? You''re dead.

[crudestkill]

Did you guys try a slug? From the looks of it, it was some kind of shot...id imagine the wearer would be none the worse afterwards...but even if the vest stopped a slug(which it probably would) id imagine the wearer could be mortally wounded...and if it were a 12 gauge in the equation id bet my life on it taking down someone in a kevlar vest.

[FXerGerFra]

You hopefully do know that kevlar looses up to 70% of its strenght when exposed to light so nobody wlould reuse a endamaged vest its useless.

[blackouttsi]

lol, no it does not.

[FXerGerFra]

hell yes it does the material isn't stabel to UV-Light it will cause a chemical reaction making it less stabel.

[blackouttsi]

Kevlar is used in many applications that it would be impossible to shield it from UV light, such as aircraft.

[blackouttsi]

Let me clarify, UV degradation of unprotected Kevlar is known to happen. There are little to no manufacturers today, that would produce Kevlar without some sort of UV protection built in.

[sccarney]

OWE!

[stealthbeast]

It'd still kill you if you didn't have trama plates. In fact, in certain instances, it could be even worse.

[sparks12001]

.....no these vests are tested to minimalize the blunt trauma, they arent allowed on the market if they do not meet certain standards. also, dying cant be worse than dying, its still dying...

[stealthbeast]

yeah sparks, they minimize the blunt trauma the best they can... from .38s, and 9mm 5+ yards away (And even that can cause serious injury depending on the circumstances)... Not from nearly point blank with 20 guage slugs. I'm not hating on the vest, but physics is physics.

Also, an important feature of a vest, is the ability to get shot, go, "Ouch" and keep fighting. What good does a vest do you if you are incappacitated for the rest of the action?

[TheUndutchable1]

it saves your fucking life!

[stealthbeast]

Yeah but not against a 20 gauge. It probably would have still killed him.

[GetMagnet]

It seems like the outcome would be different if there was 150+ pounds behind the vest.

[dompflu]

thing is, NO MAN SHOOTS A TWENTY(if he can help it).

unless your shooter is a woman, your'e dead.

[themassivebastard]

bet he has a .410

[Trojanballer54]

I highly doubt a regular shell would penetrate, maybe a slug, but I still can't see that happening. You'll probably still be injured from the impact, like internal bleeding and whatnot.

[kunga73]

it is possable it would save you, but you would have serious internal beleading

[kooljosephmadera]

haha try a 12 gauge slug

alot stronger

[Dogbones23]

If i am correct even if it does not penetrate, without trama plates it would hit you with the force of a major league pitcher. i am not sure which would be worse, having it penetrate or having a liver fluids flowing through my body.

[Trojanballer54]

That and the scatter shot, I'd imagine some of them pellets ricocheting would be problematic.

[Aqualeader5]

your organs are still going to be ruptured

[Gunsmith420]

now try a 12 gauge slug

[partyhardjimmy]

it may save your chest but the shrapnel will still fuck you in the limbs and face

[cjones124]

It doesnt matter if it penetrates or not your still gonna die if the impact area hits you in the chest, it still breaks all your ribs and messes up your organs inside, and the military uses 12guages not these retarted ones your naming

USMC MP 5811

[elsamuraiguapo]

That's why you put in trauma plates.

[kanehotdog14]

that might break a rip

[GodlessMartyr666]

no puncture it seems... Pretty sweet what kind of vest was it? Although i imagine it would fuckin bruise like a bitch....

[reaceuk86]

did it pierce it ??

[abstinencebymarrige1]

Lol 6 gauge is an elephant gun usually mounted due to massive recoil. I believe that millitary uses a 12 gauge or at most a 10 gauge sawed off shotgun.

[philhalo66]

why dont any videos load not on singlevideo loads

[Monxer]

woo! yay for kevlar!

[johnwilldoug777]

20 gauge. Try a 6 gauge Military one.

[Yotehunter93]

they dont use 6 gauge dipshit

[johnwilldoug777]

Or 8. Don't be a douche.

[Yotehunter93]

sorry man..

[johnwilldoug777]

It's all good.

[ExperimentalArmy]

8 gauges don't exist anymore, they were retired in 1912 as vintage shotguns, the military uses, 12 Gauge, 16 Gauge, 20 gauge and .410 Bore.

[KxmAnKx125]

lmao

[Yotehunter93]

lol

[xvirus2501]

rofl

[TerroristLarryPhillp]

well poor armor i think it was a lvl.III or II

but armor shouldn't be miss treated gosh.... FUCK!

the armiad is sure is powerful too stop a round'

[i812dude]

lol "test 20." what hapned to the rest?

[freaktard131]

He didnt say test, he stuttered saying 20 gauge.

Plus, that wouldnt even make sense.

"Test 20, gauge shotgun."

[i812dude]

it kinda just sounds like he just says "test 20" but what ev3r lol..

[rsoto33]

that would hurt soooo bad