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Steel toe does not make it Bullet Proof
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 6/2/2017 | J Hofer

Posted on 06/02/2017 5:17:03 AM PDT by w1n1

Steel toe vs .45 results in a painful experience. Originally this story was talked about on a gun forum. Here's the excerpt from the thread: "This guy and his co workers were discussing whether a steel toe boot would withstand a round from a .45, so what do do you think would be the best way to test this theory? YUP, you guessed it."

You'd think this person would try this out without having to wear the boot.

It doesn't take a smart person to guess it would be a bad idea to shoot your steel-toed boot, hoping it'll stop a .45 caliber bullet. Read the rest of the steel toe story here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 45cal; handguns
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To: w1n1

I guess it was a good thing he wasn’t wearing a hard hat.


21 posted on 06/02/2017 6:12:02 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: mountn man

Odd,the nail did not blacken? Yet.

Any idea of the geographic location?

The wound appears to be cleaned and some time after the event.

Is he on 0bamacare and waiting for his personal physician to return from a vacation?


22 posted on 06/02/2017 6:12:31 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (GO TRUMP!)
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To: tx_eggman
Nature has a way of weeding out stupid people.

Or at least identifying them with a limp.

23 posted on 06/02/2017 6:32:29 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: w1n1

Did he say “Here! Hold my Beer”? He sounds like one of Jeff DunHams characters.


24 posted on 06/02/2017 6:40:36 AM PDT by SandRat (Dutr, Honor, Country.)
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To: w1n1

Based on the picture, it looks like the idiot shot where the steel plate ends.


25 posted on 06/02/2017 6:45:32 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: w1n1
This guy kinda fell off the map after his next stunt.


26 posted on 06/02/2017 7:06:37 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: Hieronymus

“Limping towards the Galapagos—keep it up and he’ll find Darwin eventually.”

BWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!


27 posted on 06/02/2017 7:40:50 AM PDT by exPBRrat (.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Any idea of the geographic location?

I was thinking NW Indiana.

28 posted on 06/02/2017 7:47:06 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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From what I see in the photograph it IS through the steel toe cap. If you happen to notice the texture of the leather changes at the end of the cap, this is typical of most used steel toe boots. After a fair amount of use, they will show the demarcation quite well. This shows the rediculous nature of part of the masses, in thinking a government mandated item has lots of safety/security involved. Steel toes don’t protect from large force. Years ago I saw a boot, actually it was passed around that had been involved in intentionally attempting to stop a piece of rolling pipe, it severed the foot at the end of the cap, about the front 1/3. Leather wasn’t even torn. They shouldn’t be trusted to stop much more than a dropped hammer.


29 posted on 06/02/2017 7:54:06 AM PDT by Oil Object Insp
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To: w1n1

I can’t believe we went 29 comments before somebody said, “Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!”

OK - I’ll take the bullet and say it.


30 posted on 06/02/2017 11:35:50 AM PDT by HeadOn (I've read the last chapter. We win.)
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