BridgeWalker
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I'm curious about shooting vests. Some have heavier padding and a reactar (tm, not mispelled ) pad pocket. Some seem as thin as or even thinner than the rest of the garment.
I made myself a shooting shirt by sewing a thicker quilter patch on the shoulder and sewing a pocket for a reactar pad, which worked ok, but a bit hard to get a consistent mount because sometimes the toe would catch on that thick fabric.
Today the rangemaster gave me a vest. I'll wear it, and proudly, but it's a very nice Browning woman's vest (in other words, it fits, unlike any vest I can find in a store around here) and it has no pocket for an add-on pad and just a single layer of leather.
Is a layer of leather *really* *that* good at spreading the recoil out that I won't get beat up? I'm a little nervous about it giving enough protection. But it's a very nice, mid-range vest, so it shoudl be ok, right?
I made myself a shooting shirt by sewing a thicker quilter patch on the shoulder and sewing a pocket for a reactar pad, which worked ok, but a bit hard to get a consistent mount because sometimes the toe would catch on that thick fabric.
Today the rangemaster gave me a vest. I'll wear it, and proudly, but it's a very nice Browning woman's vest (in other words, it fits, unlike any vest I can find in a store around here) and it has no pocket for an add-on pad and just a single layer of leather.
Is a layer of leather *really* *that* good at spreading the recoil out that I won't get beat up? I'm a little nervous about it giving enough protection. But it's a very nice, mid-range vest, so it shoudl be ok, right?