.300 Winchester Magnum (WinMag) M2AP Vs C.A.T.I Level IV Body Armor!

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Dec 20, 2024
Hey everybody, we're back again today with our level 4 plate from Caddy or Katie, come
and take it.
Have something that we've been talking about for a while, 300 wind mag.
We've got a 150 grain soft point and on the right we have M2AP loaded into 300 wind mag.
We've got our Savage with a 22 inch barrel.
We'll be at approximately 45, 46 feet.
We'll strap this to our clay briefcase as always and we'll try to get a velocity off
each one.
The M2AP, we got a velocity off of before we did the setup, so we have a good reference
point.
It's about 80 to 85 degrees outside and extremely muggy today.
We've got our clay briefcase set up with our armor plate downwind.
Good?
Yes sir.
Velocity was 3308.
Here is our shot right here.
Good placement on the plate, far enough away from these other two shots to give us lots
more area to play in.
What do you guys think?
Oh, look at that.
No pass through.
There's a hell of a dent there, but no pass through as far as back face goes.
About 34 millimeters on the low end.
Maybe a little more because there's an air gap there, but it stopped it.
Now let's see what our M2AP does to this plate.
All right, so we've got the plate set back up.
Now we're going to try the M2AP loaded into our 300 Win Mag.
As it should be noted, anything in 300 Win Mag is well above any rating for level four.
Level four rating is 30-06 M2AP and lesser threats.
Velocity was 3252.
Here is our shot right here, guys.
We're again far enough away from these other shots that the plate ... This is a pretty
tough plate, so it shouldn't be compromised with too many cracks.
Unfortunately, there is a pass through.
We can't find the steel core of the bullet.
We're not sure if it left the briefcase or not because of the other damage that's there.
That's two and a half, three-inch hole there with a bunch of fragments in here.
Part of the plate's in there.
You can see the size of the hole that it left in there, almost big enough for me to stick
my pinky in there.
I don't think that plate had any chance of stopping that.
Jeez.
We've repositioned our level four plate in front of a 6x6x16 piece of clear ballistics
gel.
We're going to try our M2AP again.
Since we know it goes through, I'm interested in seeing if we can capture whatever penetrates
in the gel or it's going to blow the gel block sky high.
Ready whenever you are, sir.
Here was our shot right here.
Just like before, we have a pass through.
Here's our gel, lots of fragments in there.
Still don't see that tool steel core anywhere.
It kind of looks like something exited the block right here off to the right like it
likes to do, but that is definitely not survivable.
That's almost the full 16 inches of the block there.
Definitely something you do not want to get hit with.
Thanks again Katie, Caddy Armor, for donating these plates for us to answer your guys' what
ifs.
Remember, you saw it here first.
I don't think I've ever seen anybody else on YouTube shoot M2AP out of .300 Win Mag against
any kind of armor, so you saw it here first.
Thanks again for watching everybody, and until next time.
