Man I'm a size medium and late to this party. What really is the best bang for the buck for lighter weight plates and carrier that is more comfortable compared to comforting?
Re: Body armor
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:40 pm
by bdcochran
Permit me to address body armor.
1. If you own body armor or contemplate buying body armor, never go to the range and engage in any shooting without wearing the body armor.
a. you will learn that it is uncomfortable.
b. you will learn that it makes you tired.
c. most importantly, if shoot enough, you will see people "accidentally" shot at a range or shoot themselves at a range.
d. you will learn that it interferes with drawing a pistol.
e. it interferes with options of going to the ground or taking cover.
f. I own body armor - so, if you don't follow the foregoing advice, you will lack experience when you put it on for the first time after shtf.
2. Plan that you will never, ever gain weight or you have invested in something that you will not use.
3. Put body armor down on the list after getting a decent helmet with a decent suspension system like from Oregon Aero which started by making suspension systems for pilot helmets. In the real world, you are not going to stand up and ask someone to shoot you. You are going to poke your head around a corner. The exception is like a former classmate who was killed in a dynamic entry with another officer killed in the same dynamic entry by a guy who knew to shoot where the body armor did not cover.
The guy in the video does not wear body armor on a date, when he goes to an office job, when he goes to the beach, etc.
I got rid of the GI helmet I wore during the Vietnam War. Nice design. Poor suspension system. Do you know what it is like to have your helmet keep crashing on the rear sight of an M14? Rule 1. You have time. Think about your priorities and get rid of stuff that does not work. Do not buy s--t just because someone else owns it.