- Location
- Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
The new order of 15 Vests is due here on Tuesday.
Surplus Irish Body Armour?
- Thread starter harbl_the_cat
- Start date
- Location
- Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
The Irish are wee people, closely related to leprechauns. Even the large is just to allow for beer bellys. (relax, I've got a family of Irish blood around me.)
QUOTE:Tyler: The Irish aren't as fat as your average North American, and police officers over there tend to need to be in good shape... unlike your average mall ninja. So I doubt it.
Why is Reggie's avatar popping into my head?
Just got home and guess what was waiting for me. Oh ya. Damn guys that was fast shipping. Thanks again, I tried it on and it was not as heavy as I expected. Question. Are the side wrap panels kevlar aswell or is it just the plates front and back? Havn't decided if I will remove plates or not yet. I don't notice any smell like some previous posts. It's in great condition.
The sides are kevlar.
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.
do you find the stances are easily manageable now when placed in such carrier?
I'm 5'11.5" and 196 lbs, 44" chest in good shape and the medium fits just fine. I find it very comfortable but I wouldn't want to jog in it all day
Hope this helps
It's ok - the only hard part is that the plate digs into my shoulder. I shot an IPSC style stage wearing it with a Glock 17 from a drop offset holster and shot pretty well.
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.
Do you know if the ceramic plates are bigger in the large level 4 vest as compared to medium? And if so, do you think they would be too big for the UTG vest pictured above? No point spending extra money buying the large if I'm going to cut it up anyways or if the plates aren't going to fit.
Thanks.
It's not just the plates - the kevlar panels just barely fit inside that vest with a medium. I think the carrier is one size only.
