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  • #16
    hkfooey
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2005
    • 740

    I recall seeing a vendor sell Lev 3 vest at Cow Palace gun show (happening again this weekend) for around $500.

    I saw a few from Ebay for around $400 (used from Canadian Police/SWAT, or something like that).
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    • #17
      Beelzy
      Calguns Addict
      • Apr 2008
      • 9224

      $500 for a vest?? Wow!
      "I kill things for a living, don't make yourself one of them"

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      • #18
        sytfu_RR
        CGN/CGSSA Contributor
        CGN Contributor
        • Jul 2008
        • 1543

        to me thats already on the cheaper end, the Second Chance Body Armor that Oakland PD use, its like $899 for Level 3. That doesn't include any trauma plates either.

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        • #19
          cmmgar15
          Member
          • Dec 2008
          • 135

          wow thanks everyone for the response. i was just wonderin about the cost.$500 doesnt seem too bad.and i really dont think rifle ammo is gonna be a threat, i live on the east side of salinas. i would just like the body armor for piece of mind. thanks everyone

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          • #20
            Salty
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2007
            • 573

            Originally posted by longbeach
            If it failed why was the company ordered by the government to keep the materials to make the vest classified.
            Just about every item initially sold to the military and not civilians (wether by marketing or law) has at least the lowest level of classification. Which would mean every US citizen, and only US citizens may know about it. If Dragon Skin were to publish what their vests are made out of in say, Guns & Ammo, anyone can read about it on the internet, or send a copy to our enemies, etc. Before that information wanders beyond our borders they must first be granted an export license.

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            • #21
              JohnnyRooks
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2008
              • 1766

              DRAGON SKIN?

              take a closer look..

              Dragon skin? pffttt..not the future.. here's an X-ray result.




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              • #22
                JohnnyRooks
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2008
                • 1766


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                • #23
                  JohnnyRooks
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 1766

                  i own several body armors..

                  paraclete level 3A and level IV plates..


                  they are easy to get if you know where to look..

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                  • #24
                    SDgarrick
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2008
                    • 1192

                    Originally posted by AaronHorrocks
                    The army passed a rule not allowing any body armour that wasn't issued.
                    Because they want to be sure of the soldier's safety, and not rely on shotty untested products. Or so they claim.
                    I don't think that safety is the primary concern of those in charge of Gov't spending and contracts.

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                    • #25
                      JDay
                      I need a LIFE!!
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 19393

                      Originally posted by SDgarrick
                      Dragon skin seems to be the real deal. It was indeed rejected by the military, but that was likely political... I saw/read about the Fresno police dept getting ahold of some, and it stood up to all types of rifle and pistol rounds, even bursts from a MP5...hundreds of rounds total.
                      The military is using it now, though its not standard issue at this time.

                      Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison

                      The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

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                      • #26
                        JDay
                        I need a LIFE!!
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 19393

                        Originally posted by FreedomIsNotFree
                        Dragon skin is heavy at almost 50 lbs. Add that to an Infantryman's basic load and you are talking about a lot of weight to carry around. Slowing you down can be deadly in and of itself.
                        Dragon Skin distributes the load more evenly which makes it feel lighter, its also flexible which allows you to move around much easier.

                        The primary reason the Army rejected it was due to its repeated failures to stop penetration.

                        Army: Dragon Skin armor failed battery of tests
                        Tell that to these guys.



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                        Location: Iraq
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                        Details: Survived five impacts from 7.62x39 mild steel core. All five rounds impacted the front, sides and rear of the vest while descending from power pole repair work. Did not even bruise from impacts sustained in body armor.
                        I'd like to see the Interceptor body armor stop a side impact from a rifle. The fact is that the Interceptor body armor only has the ceramic plates in the front and back, they also fail after 1-3 rounds impact (ceramic shatters). Dragon skin does not have this problem, I'd also like to see Interceptor stop a grenade place directly under it from penetrating.



                        The truth is that the Army study was biased to favor the Interceptor body armor.
                        Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison

                        The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

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                        • #27
                          BadFish
                          Member
                          • Mar 2008
                          • 142

                          I am a little confused, So a plate carrier is for the Ceramic plates with are level 3 and 4, and this will stop a rifle threat. Soft armour which is consealable is level 2 or 3A and this is for handgun. The plates do not require a tramua plate but the soft vest does? It that right?
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                          • #28
                            JDay
                            I need a LIFE!!
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 19393

                            Originally posted by BadFish
                            I am a little confused, So a plate carrier is for the Ceramic plates with are level 3 and 4, and this will stop a rifle threat. Soft armour which is consealable is level 2 or 3A and this is for handgun. The plates do not require a tramua plate but the soft vest does? It that right?
                            The trauma plate is not a requirement, its optional for extra protection.
                            Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. -- James Madison

                            The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms. -- Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87 (Pearce and Hale, eds., Boston, 1850)

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