Surplus Irish Body Armour?

[harbl_the_cat]

Well I did it - I bought a medium

Harbl, I just read your sig line, "I don't mind that 90% of the wealth is held by 10% of the population. What I REALLY mind is that 89% of the wealth is held by 1% of the population."
What I really mind is that I don't even make the 90% with 10%.

If you live in Canada - you're in the top 10%.

The 89% of the wealth the 1% has is ill-gotten and the people who hold it use it to turn the 90% who don't have the wealth against the 9% who do.

[Dean_1911]

So i bought one
is there any tracking on this? so i know where its at?

[harbl_the_cat]

I got mine today and am wearing it as I speak.

Very heavy, and it would be difficult to get an isoceles stance - but not a weaver one using an AR.

The vest was listed in "good" shape, was fairly worn with much of the velcro/nylon frayed. Usable on it's own, still but I had other plans.

I bought a medium and after ripping out the panels - it fits snugly inside one of these without modification:



Very nice in a Mad Max kind of way. Highly recommended.

[7.62Nato]

Newbie question but what is the policy for buying protective armor??

[zooch345]

Newbie question but what is the policy for buying protective armor??

i think frontier will sell it to anyone, some suppliers sell to cops and military only.

[BCP]

The original user was the Royal Ulster Constabulary. No side, just front and rear plates.
It was heavily tested, over 300 dead officers.

I hope you meant they tested this armor for issue, and it passed, after over 300 officers died in the line of duty...

[aZn_triXta07]

Can't believe I've been missing out, placed an order today

How many of you guys have tossed the carrier and used the plate/soft armour in another carrier?

Any recommendations for a new carrier?

[Frontier Firearms]

The last vest just sold today. We have 15 more coming in to be put on the site next week. We will post a notice on here once they are on the website.

[Juster]

I hope you meant they tested this armor for issue, and it passed, after over 300 officers died in the line of duty...

You don't always get hit in the armour, there is off-duty assassination and bombs. The last dead RUC officer was an under-car booby trap.
One of my in-laws and his colleague took a mag of 5.56mm wearing said armour. My inlaw took 6 hits off-armour and survived. He shot himself (so not included in the list) through the head the day my son was born. But the armour works.

[Kevin M.]

Where was that blasted thread telling all about the regs of civilians wanting to buy body armour for residents of Ontario?

Having one of those... "because I can" moments, but I don't know if I actually can...