What is your armor rig?

[zorro45]

armor

Before S+W closed their public range, all the range officers and many of the store personnel were wearing ballistic vests whenever I went there. To put it nicely, there was a wide range of skill levels demonstrated by the shooters there.

 

[TimboKhan]

Sigh....

Here's the thing. Without naming names, we have a professional whose job is safety, an experienced shooter with tons of range time and contacts within the shooting world, several experienced hunters, one guy who posted pictures of his armor, and a lot of guys with varying levels of experience. The common thread is that exactly none of these people have ever seen someone hunting with body armor, nor have any of these people ever heard someone endorsing such a thing. We also have credible research done showing that the average guy can neither legally buy the armor in question, and it's deeply questionable how affordable it is to the average joe to begin with.

What we do not have is a single shred of credible proof that the OP or anyone else actually does this, nor has the OP responded in any way with visual proof or anything other than hyperbole, incorrectly cited situations, and what i think is borderline sketchy advice that he actually does this, or even that he owns the armor in question.

I say it's time to fish or cut bait. Either answer some of the direct and reasonable questions posed to you in your own thread with fact-based answers that support your point as opposed to opinion that does not, or this is getting closed.

 

[armoredman]

So I'm just the guy who posted pictures...

Last place I wore body armor to was Dept range - there are some fellow officers who sincerely make me nervous with firearms...Of course, that was concealed soft armor. My nice hard set will likely be a great dust collector, because I hope I never have to use it - that would mean the wheels came ALL the way off the wagon.

 

[highorder]

Before S+W closed their public range, all the range officers and many of the store personnel were wearing ballistic vests whenever I went there. To put it nicely, there was a wide range of skill levels demonstrated by the shooters there.

S&W closed the shooting academy in Springfield? That's a shame, it's a very nice place!

 

[txgunsuscg]

I have actually seen a lot of instructors wearing armor.

I have never seen or heard of a hunter wearing armor, and I work with quite a few, including former soldiers.

I have seen level IV stand alone plates that were under 5 lbs. They were size small and would probably cover only my heart if I were to wear one (I take an XL normally).

Would I own armor? For house use/end of the world, maybe. For hunting? No, although my plates make an excellent insulator in the winter...

 

[MtnCreek]

Before S+W closed their public range, all the range officers and many of the store personnel were wearing ballistic vests whenever I went there. To put it nicely, there was a wide range of skill levels demonstrated by the shooters there.

Were they already wearing it when you got there or did they put it on when you showed up? Sorry. I figured this thread was going down anyway, might as well have some fun...

 

[jmorris]

and it's deeply questionable how affordable it is to the average joe to begin with.

Not only that but would have been useless in the two examples of "accidents" provided.

As much as I enjoy hunting, if I felt I needed to put on a bullet proof vest to not feel endangered, I would get new friends or just quit hunting all together. Because in reality you only gain a false sense of security with one, using the two examples that op gave above.

 

[Sky]

To each his own and who knows it might save some one's life if by chance they were shot. But for me, if I had to get battle ready just to pop pigs or Jack Rabbits then I would find another past time.

 

[JohnM]

Looks like the OP has wandered off to push his armor agenda somewhere else.
I've hunted for over 60 years and I gotta say I've never heard of anyone using armor to go hunting. :banghead:

 

[Owen]

I think this one is done.