how's it going guys welcome back to the pilot patriot channel today we're going to be talking
about these 3a ballistic helmets from ballistic armor co now before we get started i do want to
let you guys know that i'm not military i'm not law enforcement but i am a firearms instructor
and an avid shooter and a little bit of a prepper so we're going to be talking about these today
from the perspective of a regular guy now if that sounds like something you're interested in make
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really appreciate that now first let's just quickly talk about why a civilian might want
a helmet like this first like i said i am an avid shooter and having a helmet like this is going to
offer you an extra level of protection when you're out on the range especially if you're doing some
more advanced shooting drills with multiple people and things like that it will keep you protected
but also i like to try to be prepared for almost any situation and i can see several
scenarios where a civilian may have a need for something like this another reason would be if
you're interested in running night vision or something like that it is nice to have a helmet
like this that you can mount your night vision and other accessories and stuff on but for the
average person most of the ballistic rated helmets that you're going to see out there are going to be
extremely expensive i'm talking about ops core team wendy the helmets that you see military and
these super high speed guys wearing is probably going to be a little out of reach for the average
person and that's where ballistic armor co comes in they're offering a quality tested
3a ballistic helmet at a price that you can afford you'll really see three tiers of ballistic helmets
out there of course you're gonna see the very expensive thousand dollar helmets like we talked
about and on the other end of the spectrum you're gonna see helmets priced at only a hundred dollars
off of wish and websites like that and honestly i would never trust my life to those helmets
and ballistic armor co comes in right in the middle at just under five hundred dollars
while still offering a high quality product that's actually going to do what it says it's going to do
i will put a link down below in the description for all the standards that these are rated for
so let's get in here and take a closer look at these helmets and talk about the features of them
and then make sure you stick around to the end of the video because we are going to be testing these
and actually shooting them to see if they'll stop the rounds that it says it will all right guys you
can see we have a couple different colors here ballistic armor code does offer these in several
different colors you have black and multi-cam as well as a gray an od green and an fde now what
you'll notice right off the bat is that these have a really nice high quality finish on them
they have a high cut design to allow you to wear hearing protection with those
as well as polymer arc rails that you can attach your hearing protection mounts or
lights or other accessories this is a high quality dense polymer so all your accessories are going to
lock up really tight on here they have a metal front shroud here that is going to accommodate
any of your night vision mounts or gopro mounts or anything like that as well as good quality
bungees on here to secure those nods and of course you'll see plenty of velcro on here to attach your
patches or lights or accessories as well as a nice big patch of velcro here on the back to attach
counterweights or batteries or anything like that that you might need for your night vision
you can see here on the back it does have a cable and dial mechanism for locking in your suspension
the way that's going to work is once you put your helmet on and strap in you're just going
to twist this dial and that's going to tighten it up so you get a nice secure fit to your head
to loosen that up all you have to do is just pull up on that dial and then that's going
to release it so that you can loosen it up and adjust the fit that's a really nice feature that
you're also going to see on those really expensive high-end models that you don't always see on these
lower price options you have a very high quality nylon chin strap here with your standard buckle
i do like that they have a pad here behind that buckle so it's not too uncomfortable
as well as a leather backer here on your chin strap to make that a little more comfortable for
you you have a ton of adjustment here front and back to tighten that down and get the correct fit
for you now right here on the inside is where this helmet really shines you can see it has a ton of
padding in here this is a nice thick memory foam padding that is just super comfortable
that's something ballistic armor code just came out with on their gen 2 model helmets and i got
to tell you guys these are super comfortable you don't often see that high quality padding
from the competitors most of the time you're going to see very limited padding in here you
end up having to add more to get the correct fit and to improve the comfort and things like that
but with the ballistic armor code gen 2 it's going to come with all this padding
of course it is removable and customizable so you can see it just has these little velcro tabs
where you can pull this padding out move it around anywhere you need to to get the right fit for you
this helmet is fairly lightweight and breathable the one i'm holding here comes in at 3.4 pounds
which is a good respectable weight it's not the lightest helmet on the market but it is light
enough that you can wear this for a good long time without getting fatigued these helmets are made
of an aramid kevlar material that's what gives it its ballistic protection like i said these helmets
are tested to nij level 3a standards which means they're going to stop most pistol calibers up to
44 magnum now let's go ahead and put this helmet back on and talk about the fit and the feel of it
and then we'll get out on the range and test these bad boys out now like i said before guys
this helmet does have a really nice comfortable memory foam padding on the inside but one thing
i was curious about is how it feels with hearing protection underneath the helmet now obviously it
does have the arc rail so you can mount hearing protection onto the helmet if you wanted to
but not everybody's going to want to do that and a lot of times what you end up having to do is
remove some of this padding on the inside to make room for that head strap so that it doesn't get
uncomfortable on you but after testing this thing out i was really surprised at how comfortable
it actually is even with hearing protection underneath it so let's get this thing on here
now with the padding and the chin strap i get a nice
tight lock up on there but to tighten it down even more we're going to go ahead
dial down that tab in the back and really lock it in and as you can see guys you have really limited
movement it really locks up nice and tight on your head while staying
super comfortable i'm really surprised guys at how good this feels even with that headband underneath
the helmet i honestly don't even feel the headband at all you're just going to have to take my word
for it it really just squishes into that memory foam padding and it's like it's not even there
you can see here on the side with these high cuts on the helmet that the hearing protection
fits in there really nicely without having to adjust i still have full coverage of my
ear with the hearing protection and it fits into that high cut really nicely now let's get to what
you guys really came here for and let's get out to the range and test these bad boys out
first thing we're going to try is 22 long rifle out of the m p 22 compact
all right that one got it right there good middle hit until it did not go through a
little bit of deformation but with the padding you wouldn't feel that at all
you can see the second shot there it's actually stuck underneath our patch you can still see
there it is there's our 22 didn't even make it through the outer surface let's step it up all
right this is going to be 115 grain 9 millimeter at the glock 17 with the mck conversion kit
all right right there is where our nine millimeter hit this is the hole for the uh
arc rail that i took off earlier the actual nine millimeter went in here
you can see pretty good back face deformation there i still don't think you'd fill it as much
with that padding on there but it's definitely not going to be a good day at least you didn't
get shot all right next up is 158 grain 357 out of the taylors and company smoke wagon
all right guys that's the 357 right there in the center
you can see we got plenty of pumpkin on the inside so that tells me that it would definitely hurt
but there is no pass through some backface deformation there but no exit hole again that
hole is from the arc rail that we took off earlier the round hit right in here
nice hard hit but she did stop it now let's go ahead and step it up to 44 magnum this is 3a rated
so 44 magnum it should stop it and then after that we'll see if we can put some holes in this thing
all right guys check this bad boy out this is the 44 magnum ruger with a 12 inch barrel
we're really about to put this thing to the test all right 240 grain 44 magnum
not looking forward to this
all right guys there's our entry hole right dead center of the forehead
turn this bad boy around no pass through it stopped it now it beat it up pretty bad
it deformed it you're definitely going to be hurting but it stopped it it did what it was
supposed to do now let's see if we can put a hole in this thing we're going to step it up to 762 by
39 and then if that doesn't get the job done we'll go ahead and hit it with the 300 win mag
ballistic arma co all right this is 122 grain 762 by 39 at the tricom sks
have done a review on this if you want to see that i'll put it right here at the top of the screen
this should put a hole in it if it stops it i'll be really surprised
all right there's our shot right there guys and you can see
it did pass through there's our hole there so it did pass through that is not a surprise guys this
is not rated to stop rifle rounds it's only rated up to 44 magnum and it did stop that
so it did what it said it's going to do now we're just going to have a little fun we'll
uh get the 300 win mag out and see if we can go ahead and put a nice big hole in this bad boy
so
all right there's our 300 win mag you can see it did pass through there's the exit there
and you can see here on the other side where it impacted
but it did not go through on the opposite side the second side of the helmet did stop it there's
our round there it's 190 grain full metal boat tail 300 win mag no surprise there guys
all right guys that's it for the ballistic armor code gen 2 advanced combat helmet i
was very happy with the results there this thing is super comfortable and it stopped everything it
was supposed to stop so there's no doubt that we got a good product here if you like what you saw
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