{"id":8067,"date":"2014-10-19T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T20:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8067"},"modified":"2014-10-19T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T21:17:13","slug":"bulletsafe-vest-vs-50-ae-desert-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8067","title":{"rendered":"BulletSafe Vest Vs. .50 AE Desert Eagle"},"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\/DLEvhWeSEnk?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>I met Tom Nardone, owner of <a title=\"BulletSafe Home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bulletsafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BulletSafe Body Armor<\/a>, at SHOT Show earlier this year.\u00a0 I wrote an article about BulletSafe&#8217;s extremely cost effective $299.00 Level IIIA body armor for BlueSheepdog.com (<a title=\"BulletSafe Article on BlueSheepdog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bluesheepdog.com\/2014\/01\/29\/bulletsafe-ballistic-vests\/\" target=\"_blank\">BulletSafe on BlueSheepdog<\/a>).\u00a0 Above is a video of this vest taking on a .50 Action Express caliber from a Desert Eagle.\u00a0 The .50 AE can be loaded very hot.\u00a0 The bullet used here is a Magnum Research 350 grain JSP.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ballistics101.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ballistics101.com\/50_ae.php\" target=\"_blank\">Ballistics101.com<\/a> states the specs for the Magnum Research .50 AE in 350 grain put it at 1,270 FPS, delivering 1,253 FPE at the muzzle.\u00a0 While this is far below the punch given by the .454 Casull, .460 S&amp;W Magnum, or .500 S&amp;W Magnum, it is comparable to a hot .44 Magnum.\u00a0 Whatever the numbers, I don&#8217;t want to get hit in the chest with this puppy.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met Tom Nardone, owner of BulletSafe Body Armor, at SHOT Show earlier this year.\u00a0 I wrote an article about BulletSafe&#8217;s extremely cost effective $299.00 Level IIIA body armor for BlueSheepdog.com (BulletSafe on BlueSheepdog).\u00a0 Above is a video of this vest taking on a .50 Action Express caliber from a Desert Eagle.\u00a0 The .50 AE can be loaded very hot.\u00a0 The bullet used here is a Magnum Research 350 grain JSP. Ballistics101.com states the specs for the Magnum Research .50 AE in 350 grain put it at 1,270 FPS, delivering 1,253 FPE at the muzzle.\u00a0 While this is far below the punch given by the .454 Casull, .460 S&amp;W Magnum, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=8067\">Continue reading <span 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