Remington 220gr Subsonic vs. IIIA Body Armor

[Quiet Riot]

The Remington 220gr Subsonic in 300 AAC BLACKOUT is probably the most popular factory-loaded subsonic rifle round available. Though its power is the rough equivalent of a hot 45ACP load, the Sierra Match King bullet is pointed and streamlined. This load is tested against a panel of IIIA body armer to see if the bullet shape makes the difference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4edDJLuErg

[gds]

Awesome video again.

I wonder if that kind of force would break enough ribs and cause enough damage to make it difficult to recover. it looked like it went pretty deep.

[Meatspin]

Awesome video again.

I wonder if that kind of force would break enough ribs and cause enough damage to make it difficult to recover. it looked like it went pretty deep.

Althought the vest did technically catch the bullet, it sure looks like you'd have a very bad day in that scenario.

[blaster]

cool videos! I sure wouldn't want to be hit with it. a hit like that eventhough it didn't penentrate would still severly damage internal organs.

[badguybuster]

When I was in the police academy we shot a level III vest with a 12 guage slug from 25 yards against a ballistic dummy. The vest stopped the slug but it penetrated 6 inches into the torso and stuck not nice and not likely survivable

[Suputin221]

I bet a FMJ bullet or a machined copped solid would penetrate that vest because neither of those will mushroom.

I shot a 150gr subsonic at a level IIA vest and it went through both sides of the vest .... 42 layers of kevlar and the 2x4 the vest was stapled to. We shot the vest from 100 yds. I was gobsmacked by the penetration.

[FSM]

Very cool vid. Thanks for sharing