Nylon bullets. Practical?

[Gung-Ho]

Like I said, it never even crossed my mind that they might be illegal. But someone on another forum brought it up, and you just never know these days. It was my understanding that in order to be illegal they had to have a core of certain materials....and plastic was NOT one of them. After all, they are not exactly armor piercing.

 

[grendelbane]

After all, they are not exactly armor piercing.

Are you sure? Being armor piercing would not make them illegal, as it is the bullet material which determines legality, not bullet performance.

Nylon bullets are travelling above the velocity ranges at which many rifle bullets will penetrate Kevlar. I am sure that they slow down pretty quick, but at very close range they might well penetrate body armor.

I have no personal experience, but would not trust Kevlar to stop such a bullet at very close range.

 

[Gung-Ho]

I have no personal experience, but would not trust Kevlar to stop such a bullet at very close range.

Personally I'm not going to trust ANY vest to protect me.....I'd MUCH rather not be shot at.

 

[BluesBear]

There's a HUGE difference between armor and a bullet resistant vest.

There are thousands of small arms bullets that will zip right through a bullet resistant vest.
Hells Bells™ even a good hunting arrow will do that. So will many knives.
That's doesn't mean any of them are "armor piercing".

In relation, there are very few small arms bullets that are actually capable of penetrating armor.