Guy shooting himself to test his bulletproof vest (video)

[Mgderf]

"You can't fix stupid."

-Ron White

 

[yeahbaby]

Man, to think that guys is consuming good air on this earth. Friggin idiot.

 

[hbarnett1]

Too bad he didn't put in ear protection,and try that.

 

[dusterboy49]

The guy who developed the Second Chance vest used to shoot himself all the time to demo his vest. This is nothing new.

 

[ajinator537]

are test dummies really that expensive now a days? Hand it on a tree or something!

 

[JetGirl]

If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough!

 

[Bunnykid68]

If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough!

We know you are tough Jetgirl

 

[Diesel Dan]

What is the old saying...."It takes all kinds to make a world"....or better yet a friend of mine mom use to have a saying..... "you can dress them up all you want you just cant take them to town"

 

[Taylorz71]

OMG!

 

[techres]

Yeah, this kind of thing always goes well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnkYN_4XZhI

 

[JetGirl]

We know you are tough Jetgirl

 

[9mmfan]

 

[badmac183]

For the young lions on INGO: The owner of Second Chance body armour used to shoot himself with a .44 to demo his vests. However, he would stuff phone books behind his vest to soak up the transfer of engery to his pizza paunch.

There was a popular video tape from the '80s which featured him shooting himself while wearing a vests and shooting the host of the video with an FAL.

A well-known gun writer shot himself at a seminar . . . but failed to pad his vest with a phone book, similar results were achieved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaS_2l8nGdg

 

[Sylvain]

I also know (and I have seen it) that some law enforcement units shoot at eachother while wearing bullerproof vests with a clay target fixed on their chest.
They do it from 15 yards or so away, it's mainly a trust test to see if each agent trusts the aim of the other (since if they miss they get a head shot ).

Here is a picture of what I was talking about.
It's also a good test to see if you can shoot under stress, it's not just like shooting at paper since a human life is in your hand.
Just like what would happen during hostage rescue.

The gun used is a .357 Magnum revolver, notice that the group uses ear and eye protection for that now.The first picture is older, mid 90's.

 

[lrahm]

That's a waste of a perfectly good/fair vest. The vest cannot be used any more $300 - $400 down the drain. It also looks like it could be out of date. I can't really tell how old the vest or video is but the new vests has NIJ standards (it's covered by a heavy plastic bag to prevent body sweat from damaging the kevlar). Also remember it pushes into the body about 2 inches plus before the round slows down. Thats like being punched by a baseball bat into the gut... no thanks. Kids, do not try this at home.

 

[usermax2000]

Thats the craziest thing i've ever seen

 

[LawDog76]

For the young lions on INGO: The owner of Second Chance body armour used to shoot himself with a .44 to demo his vests. However, he would stuff phone books behind his vest to soak up the transfer of engery to his pizza paunch.

There was a popular video tape from the '80s which featured him shooting himself while wearing a vests and shooting the host of the video with an FAL.

A well-known gun writer shot himself at a seminar . . . but failed to pad his vest with a phone book, similar results were achieved.

Ahh yes, I remember those videos. That's a guy that puts ALOT of faith and trust into his company's product.

 

[RabbleRouser]

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