Just wanted to gather some people's thoughts, on what they think of using bullet proof glass as a means of body armor? I ran across a local person that is selling some 1in Lexan, from a convenience store, at $15 Sq ft. Being it's layered, it can be cut to shape. He is offering to rough cut the sizes I need, but I would have to finish it to the right sizes.
Months ago I received a plate carrier in a trade. I've grown to the desire of adding plates to it, the good ones, someday, but just don't have an extra $400-600 laying around at the moment. So when this offer on the glass came up, started thinking, what would/could that do? Is cheap enough I thought it might be worth a try. Bare least it would make some fun target practice.
So I will just state, I know enough to know, bullet proof glass is not the same a body plates/armor. Not even in the same league. BUT it offers some level of protection over nothing. Just trying to figure out the pros/cons of such am idea. Here is some thoughts I started with:
1. Thickness - the glass will be about 1in thick. Not knowing my plate technology very well, I'm assuming that plates are typically half this thickness? So the glass will be more bulky as result
2. Weight - never held either product in my hands. But guessing that the glass will be fairly heavy? With my mags loaded up and adding the glass plates, I'm sure this will jack the weight up considerably "60-80lbs" maybe? Maybe more?
3. Level of protection - surely not all bp glass is created equal. Are there similar ballistic ratings for this stuff like there are for plates? I'm sure most small arms is covered. But how resistant is it to most common rifle calibers?
Of course this is one of those "you get what you pay for" topics. But just curious about the practicality here. With the price, combined with all the other factors above, and probably some other stuff I don't know or thought about, just thought it might be worth a try. I would probably order some extra pieces for spares and target practice.
Thoughts?
Months ago I received a plate carrier in a trade. I've grown to the desire of adding plates to it, the good ones, someday, but just don't have an extra $400-600 laying around at the moment. So when this offer on the glass came up, started thinking, what would/could that do? Is cheap enough I thought it might be worth a try. Bare least it would make some fun target practice.
So I will just state, I know enough to know, bullet proof glass is not the same a body plates/armor. Not even in the same league. BUT it offers some level of protection over nothing. Just trying to figure out the pros/cons of such am idea. Here is some thoughts I started with:
1. Thickness - the glass will be about 1in thick. Not knowing my plate technology very well, I'm assuming that plates are typically half this thickness? So the glass will be more bulky as result
2. Weight - never held either product in my hands. But guessing that the glass will be fairly heavy? With my mags loaded up and adding the glass plates, I'm sure this will jack the weight up considerably "60-80lbs" maybe? Maybe more?
3. Level of protection - surely not all bp glass is created equal. Are there similar ballistic ratings for this stuff like there are for plates? I'm sure most small arms is covered. But how resistant is it to most common rifle calibers?
Of course this is one of those "you get what you pay for" topics. But just curious about the practicality here. With the price, combined with all the other factors above, and probably some other stuff I don't know or thought about, just thought it might be worth a try. I would probably order some extra pieces for spares and target practice.
Thoughts?
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