.50AE vs. body armor

[Valkyrie Hatter]

Anyone have a clue how well the .50AE performs when shooting at body armor?  

[Maddness91]

depends on the armor... kevlar vrs. ballistic plates vrs. etc...
also depends on the gun firing...
but i'd imagine that it would feel like getting hit with a big chunk of steel going really fast, no matter what your wearing... neutral  

[Valkyrie Hatter]

Lets say light kevlar to medium.

DEagle since it's the most common.  

[Maddness91]

HelloJohnnyBlade

Lets say light kevlar to medium.

DEagle since it's the most common.

Not to great i'm guessing...
also depends on range but who shoots a deagle at anything more than 10 feet away? xp  

[Fresnel]

NIJ credits level II soft armor with being able to defeat .50AE. [source]

Level IIA is the lightest armor worth making, though I've seen Level I for sale (dirt ******** cheap). Level II is the minimum required to stop .22WMR and x25TOK. It's not until you hit IIIB that you hit hard armors. IIA is still concealable.  

[Maddness91]

and why do u want to know this? u going cop killing? or is there some rapper u don;t like? neutral  

[ArmasTermin]

Maddness91

and why do u want to know this? u going cop killing? or is there some rapper u don;t like? neutral

Why would that be the first thing you thought of when the question was asked? One can't ask a random hypothetical question anymore?

How much do you have to compensate to hit a target 1000 yards away with a 55-grain ball .223?  

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ArmasTermin

Maddness91

and why do u want to know this? u going cop killing? or is there some rapper u don;t like? neutral

Why would that be the first thing you thought of when the question was asked? One can't ask a random hypothetical question anymore?

How much do you have to compensate to hit a target 1000 yards away with a 55-grain ball .223?

Twenty-five feet will get you on-target, or damn near.

Not even kidding. 41 clicks for 77gr. at 600 yards, 1/2MOA each, makes 20.5 MOA, times six inches is ten feet, three inches. Add a bit for the accelerated drop in the second almost-half and a touch more for being a 55-er, call it times two, and extra five feet just... FEELS right to me. Hard to say why, it's just that feeling.

As a note though, you'll never hit anything with a 55. Shooting 77's or 80's is pushing it, I wouldn't trust anything less than 90 to get there, because of wind.  

[ArmasTermin]

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Maddness91

and why do u want to know this? u going cop killing? or is there some rapper u don;t like? neutral

Why would that be the first thing you thought of when the question was asked? One can't ask a random hypothetical question anymore?

How much do you have to compensate to hit a target 1000 yards away with a 55-grain ball .223?

Twenty-five feet will get you on-target, or damn near.

Not even kidding. 48 clicks for 77gr. at 600 yards, 1/2MOA each, makes 24MOA, times six inches is ten feet. Add a bit for the accelerated drop in the second almost-half and a touch more for being a 55-er.

Well all right, thanks random hypothetical answerer. Now I know.  

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ArmasTermin

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Maddness91

and why do u want to know this? u going cop killing? or is there some rapper u don;t like? neutral

Why would that be the first thing you thought of when the question was asked? One can't ask a random hypothetical question anymore?

How much do you have to compensate to hit a target 1000 yards away with a 55-grain ball .223?

Twenty-five feet will get you on-target, or damn near.

Not even kidding. 48 clicks for 77gr. at 600 yards, 1/2MOA each, makes 24MOA, times six inches is ten feet. Add a bit for the accelerated drop in the second almost-half and a touch more for being a 55-er.

Well all right, thanks random hypothetical answerer. Now I know.

Check that again, I edited. I ******** up my math... I forgot I used 7 clicks as a base-zero.  

[ArmasTermin]

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Maddness91

and why do u want to know this? u going cop killing? or is there some rapper u don;t like? neutral

Why would that be the first thing you thought of when the question was asked? One can't ask a random hypothetical question anymore?

How much do you have to compensate to hit a target 1000 yards away with a 55-grain ball .223?

Twenty-five feet will get you on-target, or damn near.

Not even kidding. 48 clicks for 77gr. at 600 yards, 1/2MOA each, makes 24MOA, times six inches is ten feet. Add a bit for the accelerated drop in the second almost-half and a touch more for being a 55-er.

Well all right, thanks random hypothetical answerer. Now I know.

Check that again, I edited. I ******** up my math... I forgot I used 7 clicks as a base-zero.

Well I'd never even try to shoot that far with a 55-grain .223, it was just a random hypothetical question.  

[Maddness91]

ArmasTermin

Well I'd never even try to shoot that far with a 55-grain .223, it was just a random hypothetical question.

really pushing the "hypothetical question" line xp i like that xd
i think it;s a valid question... shooting at body armor kind of denotes shooting at a body... but it's just a question rolleyes

@Man of the Demoneye: if ur in this thread, this is prolly why i'm the liberal douche bag of this guild xd  

[Recon_Ninja_985]

anyone know what the old flak vests are rated?

I wore one throughout half of my basic training before getting an IBA and I wanna know how vulnerable I was during live fire sequences

I know for damn sure a 5.56 would go straight through  

[Valkyrie Hatter]

So a .50 AE isn't going to affect common body armor that well when you shoot it through a DEagle at 10 feet?  

[Fresnel]

Recon_Ninja_985

anyone know what the old flak vests are rated?

I wore one throughout half of my basic training before getting an IBA and I wanna know how vulnerable I was during live fire sequences

I know for damn sure a 5.56 would go straight through

How they're rated, or how they perform? They're rated "haha you expect what?", but Sierra bought one and found a .45 Golden Sabre lodged in the chest.

@Maddness: It doesn't just imply shooting at a body, it requires it. Empty body armor is next to useless, as it's got nothing to resist and help catch the round. It doesn't have to be a live body, a human body, or an ORGANIC body, but something's gotta be wearing it. However, it does NOT imply a desire to actually test it, only an interest in how it would turn out.