Magnum Pistols vs Body Armor

[Music] what's up guys my name is scott and you're watching kentucky ballistics and today we're gonna have some fun with body armor i've had these for a while someone donated them to the channel we have two of these panels and they're ready up to 44 magnum the only issue is is they were manufactured in 1995 so they're kind of old but i think that they'll still serve their purpose i couldn't decide what i wanted to do with them until today i've decided i want to shoot them with some big revolvers so that's what we're going to do i have us a 50-pound sandbag wrapped up with duct tape and that's going to work as our torso i didn't want to just sit there or have it up against the cinder block i wanted something that would kind of simulate you wearing it up against your body so i think a sandbag will do well so yeah i don't guess that's any there's anything else i need to tell you about this let's go uh set this up and get started okay we're gonna start out with 357 magnum this is a taurus with a four inch barrel this is actually my grandfather's gun it's kind of old and uh we're gonna blow the dust out of it today we have a 158 grain hollow point made by underwood ammo and then we have a 200 grain hard cast made by double tap which way does this cylinder turn i've never shot this before and i think it's been a while since he shot this gun so hopefully it doesn't blow up in my hand we're gonna use my i'm gonna use my left hand too just in case it does blow up i rather lose my left hand than my right hand all right hollow point first i thought it went through but it didn't so we hit right here and we have a bulge right there but it did not make it through the back of the body armor okay now let's hit it with the hard cast the hard cast is right on top i'm gonna have to rip this so you can see it there's the hard cast i'm not gonna oh yeah that's warm i'm not gonna pry that out of there just yet so did not make it through let's try one more though i'm curious how about a 140 grain extreme penetrator made by underwood ammo i wonder if it'll stop that let's find out [Applause] that went through that went through the body armor we hit right there and came right through the back but i shot this side panel here so i'm wondering if i mean it shouldn't be any weaker but let's uh let's hit it here in the middle and see if we get a different result it stopped at that time so that time we hit right here and we did not make it through the back so i'm wondering if just this side panel here is maybe a little more worn than the the rest of this so i just won't shoot the sides anymore we'll just stick to this front part here let's move up to something bigger okay now let's step it up to a 44 magnum it's ready for 44 magnum so technically it should stop this we have a ruger super red hawk with a nine and a half inch barrel and we're going to start out with some underwood 240 grain hollow points [Applause] i don't think it stops it okay it stops the 240 grain hollow point yeah it's a pretty big bulge back here here's our entrance hole but that's pretty impressive i mean for body armor it was made back in 1995 still stopping rounds it's that's pretty awesome you sure did punch a hole in our sand though now we have a 320 grain hard cast made by double tap ammunition i will be surprised if then stop this okay well you'd definitely be sore after that one punched a pretty good hole uh into the sandbag but the body armor stopped it we have our entrance hole and no exit hole just a bulge again dang i went ahead and put some duct tape over our holes because we're starting to get quite a few and i don't want to get mixed up let's shoot it one more time with the 44 magnum and this time let's use a 220 grain extreme penetrator made by underwood ammo [Applause] let's go find out that one made it through that made it through we're going to shoot it one more time just for good measure okay well that settles it okay well this this body armor which is rated for 44 magnum uh stopped the 44 magnum 240 grit hollow point and the 320 grain hard cast but the 220 grain extreme penetrator went through it two times came out the back both times i'm still really impressed though that it stopped the 320 grain hard cast in the 240 grain hollow point especially for body armor that's as old as this is let's move up to something bigger okay we're going to step it up to a 500 magnum we have a smith wesson 500 magnum performance center with a 10 inch barrel and we're going to start out with a 275 grain barns made by double tap ammunition [Applause] i think that i think that went right through that yep okay that cut right through that vest let's see about something heavier and moving a little slower so i believe this is a 480 grain equalizer made by double tap ammunition let's see if the vest will stop this i'm doubtful though well that vest just jumped right off the table i was like i'm done i'm done let's stop that okay so i failed to explain this before i shot i should have i'm sorry that equalizer round is a hollow point and a hard cast all in one we have our hollow point right here and here's that hard cast ball above it that is pretty wild neither one went through the body armor that's finally cooled down okay well didn't stop the barns stopped the equalizer i know we should shoot it one more time with that barnes but i know it's gonna go through again so how about something a little heavier we have a 500 grain flat point made by underwood ammo i bet it will stop this i i think it will if it doesn't stop it if it goes through it i will give away my 500 magnum that's how confident i am that this body armor is going to stop this round damn punch the crap out of our sandbag well i'm glad that worked out otherwise i'd have to give away my gun here's where we hit and you can see remnants of duct tape where this just pushed into that sandbag but it stopped that big round you would have been very sore after that but you would have been alive you know what's coming let's hit it with the 700 grain hard cast made by underwood ammo it's such a ridiculous round place your bets is it going to stop it or is it going to go through [Applause] check this out it definitely stopped it look at that did not make it through the back it is just all wadded up on the front of that vest well it's hot all right well can we get much bigger than a 500 magnum yes we can get bigger than a 500 magnum here we have a magnum research bfr chambered in 450 marlin it has a 10 inch barrel we're gonna shoot this body armor with some buffalo borer 500 grain full metal jackets i think that went through all right so we hit here and we went through the back we also knocked our 700 grain hard cast loose look at that you can see the fibers in that bullet were pushed up against that bass well we made it through one panel with the 450 marlin let's put two panels up there let's shoot two panels now with the magnum research bfr chamber 450 marlin with a 500 grain full metal jacket and i have yet to shoot this with one hand so let's do it now [Applause] oh yeah yeah we stopped it all right first panel went through the back you see that yep once at the back and second panel it stopped it but man it looked like it still buried itself in there pretty good even after going through one panel pretty big bulge back there that is that is hot i'm not gonna pick this thing up can you see it there that's ridiculous so the 500 grain 450 marlin went through the first panel and stopped in the second we should probably call it quits but not just yet so for this revolver i have another cylinder i took out the 450 marlin cylinder and put this one in and this one's chambered in 4570. i did that because i have these these are made by underwood ammo these are 325 grain extreme hunters and these are plus p solid copper i want to see if this has a better shot at making it through both panels [Applause] laughs we made it through both panels uh so here is where we hit on the first panel and we came out the back right there second panel we hit right there and then blew through the back all right let's see if we can do that again [Applause] i don't know about that okay well we did it again so we have our entrance hole exit hole and we hit the second panel and went through the back again well i hope you enjoyed the video i definitely had a lot of fun out here today other than me getting a little sweaty but a little sweat never hurt anybody i want to give a special thanks to underwood ammunition double tap ammunition and buffalo bore ammunition for supplying us to the ammo using today's video if you want to check them out well you can't check them out in the description down below because you won't find any links there i'll get in trouble if i do that but you can just go google them or swing over to my website kentuckyballistics.com and you'll find links to them there and maybe a discount code or two be sure to like the video and subscribe to the 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Id: nrQOJgTsSlg

Length: 15min 47sec (947 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 12 2018