Body armour?

[u/pooshlinger]

Im wondering if anyone has much knowledge or experience on body armour in Canada, specifically BC.
I do alot of shooting on crown land and in my area theres alot of other shooters in close proximity, so Im mainly just concerned about ricochet or stray rounds, or the odd crazy hillbilly when Im out in the forest.

Im leaning towards a soft vest as opposed to plates just for more coverage and being concealable if need be. A carrier would be cool and Ill end up buying one eventually but in a situation that I need to be wearing a vest, it screams “shoot me”.
However soft armour really only goes up to NIJ 3A. I like the idea of level 3 plates in a carrier just for the fact that 99% of shooters out there are shooting rifle rounds and shotguns, protection from just pistol rounds is kind of irrelevant in this situation.

On another note, Ive heard LOF defence is good, wondering what other options there are out there and where I can find them. Im aware that Canarmor is a heaping load of chinese shite.

Soft vest for peace of mind or blow the budget on a nice carrier and some plates?

[u/coffeeofwar]

I'd honestly say look around,

There nothing worng with lof Quilty but there charging insane amounts for there stuff, it feels like they charge crye prices lol

[u/pooshlinger → u/coffeeofwar]

Funny you say that, i was looking at a crye carrier too. Mostly just for the compatibility with their stkss suspension platform, Ive heard it does a great job of dispersing weight to the hips

[u/coffeeofwar → u/pooshlinger]

Crye carries are nice, I rock a k19 from aglite if you do get a carrier ones like the k19 with the thicker shoulder pads do make shouldering a rifle under pressure a bit more of a pain, I found with mine I had to adjust where I shoulder my rifle