The Desert Eagle .50 vs The BulletSafe Bulletproof Vest (2024)

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The Desert Eagle .50 vs The BulletSafe Bulletproof Vest? ›

The Desert Eagle is a rare and very powerful handgun. It isn't likely you will ever encounter one, but it is nice to know that the bullet from one will not penetrate your BulletSafe vest.

Most body armor is useless against . 50 caliber rounds, as they are only meant to protect against cartridges with less than 1/3 of the energy of the . 50 caliber.

Level IV armor is the highest rating of body armor currently available, and it will stop armor-piercing rifle threats. It can withstand up to 30-06 M2ap steel core armor-piercing rounds with a mass of 166 grains and a velocity of 2880 ft/s.

Level IV (Armor Piercing Rifle):

30 caliber armor piercing (AP) bullets (U.S. Military designation M2 AP) with a specified mass of 10.8 g (166 gr) and a velocity of 878 m/s ± 9.1 m/s (2880 ft/s ± 30 ft/s)." This armor provides the highest level of protection against armor-piercing rifle rounds, such as . 30-06 AP and .

Hard armor systems “strikeface” along with a composite blend can be the perfect armor against calibers up to 50 caliber ball and armor-piercing rounds. These products can absorb up to 72 to 75% of the energy from most rounds in the ball format and 68 to 78% of the kinetic energy from armor-piercing rounds.

Question: WILL A DESERT EAGLE GO THROUGH BODY ARMOR? You'd have to throw it awful hard and it still wouldn't go through . Now, maybe one of the cartridges it's chambered in would,depending on the level of the vest.

The Desert Eagle is a rare and very powerful handgun. It isn't likely you will ever encounter one, but it is nice to know that the bullet from one will not penetrate your BulletSafe vest.

UL 752 Level 7 Specifications

Most commonly used as a protection barrier against multiple shots from a military assault rifle, such as the M-16, and the like, with muzzle energy of 1158-1402 foot-pounds (1570-1901J). Nominal Thickness. 1 – 1/8” Nominal Weight.

A civilian may purchase any level of body armor they wish, from level IIA to level IV. There is no level 5 body armor.

What happens to a rifle round fired into a bulletproof vest? Most bulletproof vests are what we call “soft armor”, usually based on Kevlar. These are what we typically see police officers and the like wear. A rifle round will go through these vests like it's not even there.

Has anyone survived a 50 cal? ›

Yes, and this includes hits to the torso. Most well known is the founder of Delta Force, Charlie Beckwith, who was hit by a Vietnamese 12.7mm anti-aircraft gun. There are a few other cases of people surviving direct hits from a . 50 caliber heavy machinegun.

Developments in tank armor soon made tanks generally impervious to 50 caliber rounds,³⁹ but according to the Marine Corps and other authorities, the 50 caliber can still blast through more lightly armored vehicles, such as armored personnel carriers, and thus clearly through armored limousines.

In California, civilians can purchase and use a bulletproof vest, unless he or she has been convicted of a felony. Bulletproof vests and all other body armor can be purchased online or face-to-face.

This gun was later developed into the M2HB Browning which with its .50 caliber armor-piercing cartridges went on to function as an anti-aircraft and anti-vehicular machine gun, capable of penetrating 0.9 inches (23 mm) of face-hardened armor steel plate at 200 meters (220 yd), 1 inch (25 mm) of rolled hom*ogeneous armor ...

Is there anything bigger than a 50 cal? - Quora. The largest caliber that I know of is the . 950 JDJ. It uses 240 grains of powder to push a 2400 grain bullet at 2100 FPS.

This gun was later developed into the M2HB Browning which with its .50 caliber armor-piercing cartridges went on to function as an anti-aircraft and anti-vehicular machine gun, capable of penetrating 0.9 inches (23 mm) of face-hardened armor steel plate at 200 meters (220 yd), 1 inch (25 mm) of rolled hom*ogeneous armor ...

No wearable armor will stop a . 50 caliber bullet.

Developments in tank armor soon made tanks generally impervious to 50 caliber rounds,³⁹ but according to the Marine Corps and other authorities, the 50 caliber can still blast through more lightly armored vehicles, such as armored personnel carriers, and thus clearly through armored limousines.