thewillweeks
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Recently got ahold of a little Lorcin L25 which made me interested in doing some real world comparisons. The first is below.
I have a lot of interesting material available to me at work as waste material, today I made up a small 4"x6" 30 layer UHMWPE armor panel. A very sloppy panel, but functional at least.
Bottom to top.
22lr 40gr sp, 4" barrel, 15 layers.
22lr 40gr sp, 16" barrel, 16 layers.
25acp 60gr fmj, 2.5" barrel, 14 layers.
Pretty comparable penetration. Most off the shelf armor is 40 sheets thick but 9mm only penetrates about half of those. This uhmwpe sheeting I have is bulk handling industry standard, not body armor standards though so different thickness may be expected. Good to see it only made it half way through though. Should be suitable material to make elbow pads and knee pads with when I get the exact format down, make the pads dual purpose to stop shrapnel.
I have a lot of interesting material available to me at work as waste material, today I made up a small 4"x6" 30 layer UHMWPE armor panel. A very sloppy panel, but functional at least.
Bottom to top.
22lr 40gr sp, 4" barrel, 15 layers.
22lr 40gr sp, 16" barrel, 16 layers.
25acp 60gr fmj, 2.5" barrel, 14 layers.
Pretty comparable penetration. Most off the shelf armor is 40 sheets thick but 9mm only penetrates about half of those. This uhmwpe sheeting I have is bulk handling industry standard, not body armor standards though so different thickness may be expected. Good to see it only made it half way through though. Should be suitable material to make elbow pads and knee pads with when I get the exact format down, make the pads dual purpose to stop shrapnel.