{"id":3614,"date":"2012-12-13T10:44:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2013-02-27T10:57:46","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T15:57:46","slug":"shooting-a-venture-ballistics-level-iii-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3614","title":{"rendered":"Shooting a Venture Ballistics Level III Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zwr9-HlEVGg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a earlier article, I talked about <a title=\"Visit to Venture\" href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=2495\" target=\"_blank\">visiting the Venture Ballistic Composites manufacturing facility<\/a>.\u00a0 I was given a few test shields by Venture President Todd Garrett.\u00a0 He also &#8220;loaned&#8221; me a Level III shield from one of their upcoming projects.\u00a0 He encouraged us to shoot it.\u00a0 So we did.<\/p>\n<p>On the range, we fired two .308 Winchester Federal Match Grade 168 grain BTHP bullets and an American Eagle 5.56 X 45 FMJ at a Venture Ballistics Level III blank.\u00a0 The distance was 25 yards.\u00a0 The .308&#8217;s were fired by a Springfield Armory M14.\u00a0 The 5.56 was shot from an Adams Arms AR-15.\u00a0 The firing order was .308, 5.56, and .308.\u00a0 There was zero<!--more--> penetration of the panel.\u00a0 The two stills at the end are the 5.56 and second .308 impact area showing no failure of the armor.<\/p>\n<p>Several days later, we took the panel back to Venture and Mr. Garrett dug in to do an autopsy of the shield.\u00a0 Both .308&#8217;s were stopped with more than half the ballistic material still intact.\u00a0 Needless to say, we were very happy with its performance.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a earlier article, I talked about visiting the Venture Ballistic Composites manufacturing facility.\u00a0 I was given a few test shields by Venture President Todd Garrett.\u00a0 He also &#8220;loaned&#8221; me a Level III shield from one of their upcoming projects.\u00a0 He encouraged us to shoot it.\u00a0 So we did. On the range, we fired two .308 Winchester Federal Match Grade 168 grain BTHP bullets and an American Eagle 5.56 X 45 FMJ at a Venture Ballistics Level III blank.\u00a0 The distance was 25 yards.\u00a0 The .308&#8217;s were fired by a Springfield Armory M14.\u00a0 The 5.56 was shot from an Adams Arms AR-15.\u00a0 The firing order was .308, 5.56, and .308.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3614\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[663,354,48],"tags":[483],"class_list":["post-3614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-companies","category-protective-armor","category-swat","tag-venture-ballistic-composites"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Test of a Venture Ballistic Composites Level III shield against .308 Winchester and 5.56 ball. 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