.338 Lapua vs. Body Armor

You got armor?  I was quite surprised to see that body armor can stop a .338 lapua round!  I'm not sure if the suppressed rifle maybe slowed down the bullet so the armor plate worked better, but I was still very impressed.  The second round (which hit near the first) went through the plate which wasn't too encouraging.  I guess the moral of the story is, if your downrange from a sniper who has a .338 lapua, be sure to only catch one round with your chest.

Enjoy the vid!

DIY Silencer... Sorta

Did you ever see that movie Shooter with Mark Wahlberg?  In one scene he creates a makeshift suppressor on the end of a rifle with a water bottle.  He then fires the suppressed rifle whilst riding in a moving boat accurately engaging targets.  That being said, many have questioned the validity of accurately shooting from a moving boat the water bottle silencer.

 

The Sportsman's Guide offers a unique product called The Tipton Patch Catcher which attaches a bottle to the end of a barrel to aid in rifle cleaning.  Cough, cough, wink, wink.  I have to sediments about this product.  First, does anyone really have problems with patches falling on the ground?  Buy a damn bore snake and you'll have no problems.  Second, I see visions of redneck injuries by not properly conducting makeshift rifle silencers. Not to mention a homemade silencer/suppressor is a felony.

So you're still wondering, despite Mark Wahlberg and red necks, do the bottle silencers work?  Yes, sort of... As you can see in the above video, a felony is being committed a water bottle does work.  What the water bottle is doing is slowing the bullet down; to achieve even more "silence" subsonic bullets are needed.   

Don't be stupid kids, felonies are bad.  If you get caught with a DIY suppressor you'll be in deep crap.