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Congratulations to that young man from Alaska.
My question is:
How much do those shooting jackets and pants weigh?
The girl from West Virginia could barely walk down to the winner to congratulate him..

It's not the weight, it's the stiffness.

Oh..OK

A modern shooting jacket is heavier than a suit jacket, although some are lighter than others (my canvas/leather Monard is lighter than my canvas/synthetic/leather Anschutz), but it's not like body armour. If anything mediaeval armour was designed to allow more movement than a shooting suit.

Congratulations to Tim S on his 2000th post on Target Talk!!!

And very informative they have been,please keep it up.

Thank you. I hadn't actually noticed.

Way back 'in da day' when light international jackets were first mandated, you could ball one up and stuff it in the corner of your kit bag. I have one of the current and very popular Capapie suits. There is no balling it up and stuffing it anywhere. 2 years on of being used at least once a week and it is still quite stiff. You could easily use the pants to beat someone. (although I don't recommend that)

While the major impediment to motion is the stiffness, these modern suits are still quite heavy. I would characterize the fabric on the Capapie as canvas that has been sprayed with a plastic that dries to a stiff shell (hence some folks calling these modern suits 'exoskeletons') they are quite heavy. Plopped the carry bag for my suit on a rifle scale at equipment control, 7.8kg (17.2 lbs) with the bag.

FWIW
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