Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

Trying to cut a Level III body armor plate in half with a select-fire AR (VIDEO)

The Wound Channel stacked the M193 deep then borrowed a post-86 dealer sample AR in an effort to see how much smash they could get on an unneeded plate.

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Windscreen testing the Can Cannon (VIDEO)

While the X-Products Can Cannon is meant by its very name to chunk pop cans to distance, its ballistic properties are suspect.

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Up-armored 5lb gummy bear faces the FN PS90 (VIDEO)

The Wound Channel stacked up a massively dense mega gummy bear, outfitted with a homemade sheet metal plate carrier, against FN's 5.7x28mm carbine.

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Can a loaded mag in a plate carrier save your life? (VIDEOS)

The good folks over at The Wound Channel did the research into just how likely a magazine in a plate carrier is likely to stop or slow down a bullet enough to possibly save your life.

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Beating through ESAPI plate with a box of 22s (VIDEO)

While an ESAPI plate may stop a single armor-piercing .30-06, how will it stand up to a whole mess of .22?

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Ten pin! Bowling ball vs. 10mm (VIDEO)

The Wound Channel picked up a gently used Rhino bowling ball and promptly proceeded to test it against the vaunted 10mm. It was a short test.

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Does sun-warmed ammo shoot faster than cold ammo? (VIDEO)

The Wound Channel delves into a field test to see if you gain more velocity with ammunition that is warmer over ammo that is several degrees cooler.

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