Bulletproof myth and an idea for a project?

I can tell you from my years in the military and years shooting at all kinds of stuff - that shooting at anything made of metal or ceramic is quite dangerous. If it does not properly absorb the round - the round will literally bounce back at the shooter much like a hard ball bouncing on a hard floor. These fragment, although moving slower than the origianl bullet - have no problems imbedding themselves in skin an destoying a person's eye. Did I say this was very dangerous? It really is.

That - and what ever you design - all it takes is someone with a higher power cartridge to defeat it. My 338WinMag used for moose and brown bear in Alaska - cuts a pefect hole in 3/8" mild steel at a 45 degree angle even at 350 yards..... and this is just a hollow point lead bullet, not a strong FMJ or the even stronger AP (armor piercing).

This is 'science' you need to leave to the professionals. Because the people who have done this as an amature - they stick with it until someone gets hurt. You might want to think about which eye you dont mind loosing, or, which part of your face a girl isnt going to mind you having full of scars. It's gonna be really difficult removing a girls bra on date night with only two fingers on your hand........ assuming she doent mind the missing eye.

Whether you'd be behind it or not, this is a bad idea. First off, wood has pitiful performance at stopping a bullet. Want proof? Have someone take a .22LR and shoot it into a 4x4 beam. 1/2" of wood might not even stop a pellet rifle.

Now, a 1/8" piece of steel... Not a good choice, either. First off, 1/8" is tiny. It's actually smaller across than the projectile that a Red Ryder BB gun shoots. It won't have "bulletproof" characteristics, at all. Maybe it would protect you at 100 yards from #4 buckshot, but even then, I have my doubts.

As for the shape, that won't really dissipate energy. The materials are more important in dissipating energy- do you know why ballistic vests like those worn by police work? They work because they are made of a flexible material that does not allow the bullet to pass through, but instead flexes around the bullet and causes the energy to transfer throughout a larger area. There's a reason you don't want to be shot, even when you're wearing a ballistic vest. You're likely to experience blunt force trauma that could break your ribs or even do internal damage.

No, this sounds more like a way to waste time than anything that is even conceivably useful. Take a cue from the military and their armored vehicles. You either have massive amounts of armor, potentially of multiple types, to try to defeat incoming fire, or you choose less armor in favor of more mobility, but also heightened threat.

You don't expect an exceedingly thin sheet of steel to prevent a bullet to pass through. And not everything on Youtube is trustworthy.

Bad idea. Not something ANY amateur should play around with. This is how people end up dead.

I think that you and this other idiot should play together http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlGLq...

Be sure to take pictures!