r/canadaguns • u/pooshlinger • May 01 '26
Gun and gear reviews Body armour?
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/FaithlessnessHot1912 May 01 '26
Can armour is way cheaper, and I like their hardened steel plates. They offer way more protection than ceramic because they can take repeated direct hits without cracking into 60 pieces, but make sure there’s a spall liner on the front. Other than that, if you’re not sure buy some cheap body armour off aliexspress lol. I bought an entire IOTV vest off there for $300 cad, and it stops up to 357 magnum. Another Canadian guy tested the soft armour inserts and it stopped the same rounds from a rifle well.