Well...I feel strongly about this. I know KEVLAR was first used in automotive tires. It was designed to make a nice sidewll in tires that was
impervious to blowouts. I;m thinking ...cut down some tires and see if they stop handgun ammo.
I saw a site a few months back where a guy used a kind of felt material and put it into a homemeade liner.The felt looked pretty dense and would pack
up under the projectile.
My friend is a finish carpenter that builds furniture. I have worked in Security and Law Enforcement much of my life. We were discussing taking a
Wal Mart coffee table and mounting a piece of steel under it with a heavy steel handle. The thoughts are if we kived in a project or area where drive
by shootingss occur, We could sit the table up and get behind it.Cops could use it as a sheild and carry it to the front door and return fire.
[edit on 4-6-2009 by BIGDAVE54]
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okaayyyy. Tried to edit the typos in the olast post and it would not let me repost. I am an old fart that makes a few mistakes at 4am some mornings. I
need an edit function that works ...
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Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
I currently have a vest in development that (and is proved in testing) will stop any round of any kind from any range excluding 50 cal, Armour
Piercing or DU kinetic penetrators, and will even stand up to multiple hits in the same area with no loss of protection....... and is LIGHT!
Well, Ummm... If one was wearing that AND got hit with a 50cal or DU wouldn't it pretty much liquefy every bone in the immediate area of impact?
Any subsequent hits would essentially be pushing the gelatinous mass inside the armor down the road?
Quality of life after even one hit from that ammo would be extremely impaired.
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I am not sure how much of his 'knowledge' ( if half is true) Troy Hurtubise would share would you but this wiki summary should give you idea of
what he is about and what crazy things, beside wrestling with bears, he does in all the spare time he seems to have.
Again i really have not researched his claims but the few bear wrestingly videos i have seen on Ripley's ( and few other shows) sure got my
attention. 
1313 Paste
One of Hurtubise's latest projects has been the creation of a new paste that he's called 1313 and believes could be put to good military use. It is
a mixture of all his previous concoctions applied to a kevlar fiber pad and then subjected to high pressure for the period of a day in a press. The
result is a board or tile-like panel. The panel is placed in layers with other materials such as tiles. The resulting composite material can withstand
a direct assault by shotgun slugs, rifle fire, and enough high explosive to demolish a car, yet is quite inexpensive to manufacture.
At an enthusiastic demonstration taped by Daily Planet, Troy displayed its capability to a Canadian military observer. In one of Troy's
demonstrations, the composite material was placed in cushions meant to be placed over the outside of a Humvee. In the tests, the material successfully
blocked explosive charges greater than those of a rocket propelled grenade, although they were not shaped charges, and was able to block shot after
shot on exactly the same point of impact by a sniper rifle (which is a feat no material in use by the U.S. nor any other military has matched in
public demonstrations).
It is Troy's desire to see military vehicles, currently in service in Afghanistan, equipped with such protection in order to stand up to a landmine
explosion, which has already claimed the lives of Canadian soldiers serving there. That, along with his younger brother serving in the Canadian
military, inspired the creation of 1313.[2]
en.wikipedia.org...
Have fun and i hope you have more luck than he did in finding people who will take shots at your new armor designs.
Stellar
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