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Can we talk about the effects this could have on handgun doctrine for police and people who concealed carry if other manufacturers copy the body panel design that this uses?
>body panels can stop 115 grain 9mm at 10 meters
>115 grain 9mm will lose more velocity from trimming .5" off the barrel than it would from traveling 10 meters
>if this test was done with a Glock 17 or other full size handgun, then that means the body panels are capable of stopping bullets at the muzzle from a Glock 19, assuming a bullet will penetrate inside of 10 meters from the barrel length they tested and they didn't just test it at 10 meters
>anything less than a perpendicular impact, which is a very likely scenario on a vehicle, will result in a failure to penetrate inside 10 meters from the barrel length that they tested again if it does in fact penetrate inside 10 meters otherwise
>going with heavier 9mm bullets won't help because, as we've seen with AR500 body armor vs M193, velocity is king
>if the body panels can stop 9mm then they're also going to stop .40 S&W and .45 ACP from a similar size gun since you can expect a similar amount of energy except spread out over a larger frontal area which makes a bullet easier to stop
If other companies copy the body panel design that this uses, then what are the chances of us seeing a significant change in what people carry? Current vehicle body panels offer no protection whatsoever as even 00 buckshot from a shotgun can reliably penetrate a door despite each pellet weighing only 55 grains and being .33 caliber. Is .357 SIG going to make a comeback? Will 10mm stop being just a meme? Will we finally get a compact or subcompact pistol in 5.7x28mm?
>body panels can stop 115 grain 9mm at 10 meters
>115 grain 9mm will lose more velocity from trimming .5" off the barrel than it would from traveling 10 meters
>if this test was done with a Glock 17 or other full size handgun, then that means the body panels are capable of stopping bullets at the muzzle from a Glock 19, assuming a bullet will penetrate inside of 10 meters from the barrel length they tested and they didn't just test it at 10 meters
>anything less than a perpendicular impact, which is a very likely scenario on a vehicle, will result in a failure to penetrate inside 10 meters from the barrel length that they tested again if it does in fact penetrate inside 10 meters otherwise
>going with heavier 9mm bullets won't help because, as we've seen with AR500 body armor vs M193, velocity is king
>if the body panels can stop 9mm then they're also going to stop .40 S&W and .45 ACP from a similar size gun since you can expect a similar amount of energy except spread out over a larger frontal area which makes a bullet easier to stop
If other companies copy the body panel design that this uses, then what are the chances of us seeing a significant change in what people carry? Current vehicle body panels offer no protection whatsoever as even 00 buckshot from a shotgun can reliably penetrate a door despite each pellet weighing only 55 grains and being .33 caliber. Is .357 SIG going to make a comeback? Will 10mm stop being just a meme? Will we finally get a compact or subcompact pistol in 5.7x28mm?
