Lever gun vs Body armor

[Cosmoline]

Looking at the awesome power increase of a .357 Mag or .44 Mag out of a levergun vs. a 6" revolver, I would not wager too much on surviving a hit with those pistol caliber carbines.

 

[Joejojoba111]

Yea, I think those calibres from longer barrels are about equivalent to a .30 carbine. Since it's not a popular calibre any more the last thing I can remember mentioning it was a pair of armor body plates from Vietman war. They were 2 plates, really curved and covering the whole chest and back, that are held on by a harness, and they were ceramic, the surface sort of looked like carbon fibre in the pictures. Just a guess but I think the plates would be level III or IV.

 

[yorick]

Browning BLR - I have one in 223 - and it comes in calibres up to and beyond 300 winmag


http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/detail.asp?value=003B&cat_id=034&type_id=006