TexasAggie2011
Well-Known Member
Alright, I've seen a lot of topics in various forums here asking the same thing: "can my fiberglassed armor withstand paintballs /airsoft BB's / tire irons thrown by Chuck Norris?" Well ok, no one has asked if their armor will withstand a barrage of tire irons from Chuck Norris, so heres results of an airsoft gun.
To start, the gun I used in my tests was a CO2 powered SiG Sauer SP2022 pistol. It has a 15 round magazine, and uses a 12 gram CO2 cartridge to fire .20g BB's at speeds up to 370 feet per second (252 miles per hour)
http://www.airsocom.com/71004.html
For a target, I took my halo 3 Legendary Edition box and applied one layer of fiberglass cloth and enough resin to saturate said cloth to each side of the inside of the box. It's a bit sloppy but it works great for a pellet trap.
I apologize in advance for the quality of the pictures, they were all taken with my camera phone.
For the test, I loaded 15 BB's into the magazine with a brand new CO2 cartridge then proceeded to empty the clip point blank into the outside portion of the box, taking care to pull the barrel away from the box each time to let any BB's that didn't go through the box roll out of the barrel.
the results:
After emptying all 15 rounds, it was noted not a single one made it through the box, let alone through the first layer of fiber glass. After seeing this, I decided to empty another magazine to make it an even 30. Even then not a single round went through. the cardboard on the outside had a small hole punched into it that looks like it was done with a pencil tip, and the fiberglass that was hit bulged out less than a millimeter.
note the white discolored area furthest to the left, that is where all of the BB's impacted.
Based on these results, I think it's safe to say that against an airsoft gun firing at 370 fps point blank, your armor will hold up perfectly.
To start, the gun I used in my tests was a CO2 powered SiG Sauer SP2022 pistol. It has a 15 round magazine, and uses a 12 gram CO2 cartridge to fire .20g BB's at speeds up to 370 feet per second (252 miles per hour)
http://www.airsocom.com/71004.html
For a target, I took my halo 3 Legendary Edition box and applied one layer of fiberglass cloth and enough resin to saturate said cloth to each side of the inside of the box. It's a bit sloppy but it works great for a pellet trap.
I apologize in advance for the quality of the pictures, they were all taken with my camera phone.
For the test, I loaded 15 BB's into the magazine with a brand new CO2 cartridge then proceeded to empty the clip point blank into the outside portion of the box, taking care to pull the barrel away from the box each time to let any BB's that didn't go through the box roll out of the barrel.
the results:
After emptying all 15 rounds, it was noted not a single one made it through the box, let alone through the first layer of fiber glass. After seeing this, I decided to empty another magazine to make it an even 30. Even then not a single round went through. the cardboard on the outside had a small hole punched into it that looks like it was done with a pencil tip, and the fiberglass that was hit bulged out less than a millimeter.
note the white discolored area furthest to the left, that is where all of the BB's impacted.
Based on these results, I think it's safe to say that against an airsoft gun firing at 370 fps point blank, your armor will hold up perfectly.
