The Box O' Truth #29 Kevlar helmets

Several people have asked me to shoot a new Kevlar helmet. Helmets are mostly designed to protect against shrapnel. I don't have any hand grenades, but I do have some handguns. Today, we're going to shoot the helmets with some common handgun calibers and see if they will be stopped.

http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot29.htm

There is a water jug used as the support for the helmet. If you get through all the pages (5) check out the difference in damage to the jug between the 7.62 (.308) and the 5.56 (.223).

Lessons learned:
1. Pistols are pistols and rifles are rifles. (Seems like I heard that somewhere )
The rifles had no problem penetrating at these short ranges.

2. We were surprised that the 9mm, .45 ACP, and the .357 Magnum were stopped by the helmet.

3. The 7.62 X 25 seems to be the big penetrator that we heard that it was. We're going to have to shoot this one some more.

4. These helmets were tougher than I would have thought. They're not designed to stop pistol rounds, but seemed to do the job just fine.

It was almost 100 degrees today with 110% humidity here in Southeast Texas. But it was still a fine day at the range.

Thanks to Tman for the photo help and the use of the Truck O' Truth.