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This clipboard is not meant to replace body armor. That said, think about the additional protection it can and does offer above and beyond that of your worn body armor. More protection is always good.
DAW TECH Ballistic Clipboard Test Report
A couple weeks after SHOT Show this year I received a ballistic clipboard from DAW TECH, a Utah based company that manufactures, among other things, ballistic bunkers. One of their ballistic products in a ballistic clipboard. It's the second such clipboard I've seen and I wanted to "try it out." Those of you who have read my equipment reviews in the past know that "try it out," means shoot it with various caliber weapons to see if it will fail. The good news is that it did not fail. The bad news is that my camera did. Here's the report and supporting images provided by DAW TECH.
DAW TECH's online information and images show their ballistic clipboard shot four times with a .44 Magnum caliber weapon. Their information doesn't specify what range but, given that the clipboard would theoretically be used as additional protection for an officer on a traffic or crime scene, a range of less than ten feet is assumed. In my 30+ years as a police officer I've rarely come across a .44 Magnum used in a crime (although it has...