"Bullet-proof" Carhartt Jacket

[DenverGP]

It's a thing. There are plenty of stories about denim or big down filled coats gumming up hollow points

Any tests I've seen where the hollow point clogged and caused an issue, it caused the bullet to fail to expand, which meant that the round over-penetrated... Some denim in the hollow point won't make the bullet fail to penetrate.

[dan512]

Thank you. That is the better articulated version of what I was trying to say. I am not suggesting that heavy clothing would stop a bullet, but that it may inhibit expansion of a hollow point, thereby decreasing its effectiveness. Perhaps "all but ineffective " was overstating it a bit.

[spqrzilla]

I wouldn't be surprised if in fact, either the ricochet hypothesis was correct, or the bullets did penetrate but lodged on opposite side of body in the jacket.

But the NYPD screwing up their own ammo works for me too.

[DenverGP]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.2659348

As many predicted, bullets penetrated the bad-guy, but did not go thru the jacket after exiting the bad-guy.

[Gman]

So....the Carhartt jacket could have prevented some bystander injuries due to over-penetration.

[jaydoc1]

Please post even one confirmed story where a denim or down jacket stopped a 9mm round from penetrating.

Okay I just had to post this. Remember this guy? 9mm out of an MP-5. He didn't need denim OR down. Just his forehead.

[Gman]

Behold the power of the mono-brow.

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[jaydoc1]

Behold the power of the mono-brow.

That's why I won't let the wife pluck mine!