Great deal on Ballistic Helmet

JeremyK · Sep 16, 2016

Oregon Quartermaster said:
I had a spare ACH helmet in small that I did a little ballistic testing on. It didn't stop anything. Nothing. 9mm and .22LR went through and through. I lost faith in "ballistic" helmets then.

Yeah that's about as scientific as you need to be when testing stuff like that. I've always been curious how stout a K-pot would be. I guess now I know.

cascadianliberty2012 · Sep 16, 2016

JeremyK said:
Yeah that's about as scientific as you need to be when testing stuff like that. I've always been curious how stout a K-pot would be. I guess now I know.

The CPG Facebook page is posting test videos now. They say they'll have a "full lab video out soon," but did post some of the progress.

Anyways, here are some pics of mine.

AMProducts · Sep 19, 2016

One thing I actually need to get is a decent helmet for mounting my NVGs to. I don't really care to pay the money or deal with the added weight of a helmet like this. I've been to this point somewhat reticent to look at airsoft stuff. Anyone got any pointers on this? I've been thinking about just getting one of the generic climbing type helmets (I rock climb anyways, so double duty... but never bought a helmet) and then attaching the fixture for the rhino mount.

Ian Johnson · Sep 19, 2016

So my hat size is 7 3/8. What helmet size would work best

svxr8dr · Sep 19, 2016

Doc In UPlace said:
One of the officers at the Pulse incident in Orlando caught a .223 or 5.56 in the forehead of his helmet. So not all of them are useless.
Wonder what brand they use down there at OPD?

That was a Revision Batlskin Viper A3 Helmet. - Revision Military | BATLSKIN VIPER A3 HELMET

cascadianliberty2012 · Sep 19, 2016

Ian Johnson said:
So my hat size is 7 3/8. What helmet size would work best

According to this hat sizing chart, you could likely get away with the M/L size because it goes up to 24" head circumference, and the size you just said you are is 23.125". Are you always a 7 3/8 or can you get away with going a little bigger sometimes? For fitted hats I'm between a looser 7 3/4 and a tighter 8. The L/XL helmet fits me easily.

Hat Sizing Chart