r/canadaguns • u/pooshlinger • May 01 '26

Gun and gear reviews Body armour?

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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?

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u/SquidMeister12 May 01 '26

Buddy once took an ND to the torso so now all the homies rock plates.

Safety safety safety

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u/pooshlinger May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

This is what my gf was worried about which actually sparked the conversation. Shes a paramedic and was reminding me how lethal any puncture to the torso and lungs can be. Made me think twice about going out unprotected.

On top of that me and bro experience a ND slamfire for the first time on our last range day, proved how easily it can happen. Thank god the barrel was down range.