Yeah actually they're pretty "available", just really expensive. When I was working at the surplus we had a source for SPEAR BALCS armor and some other stuff... if my life depended on it, I would have gotten some, but its insanely expensive for airsofting (as in I'd rather get 2 new AEGs, a GBB and a repro BALCS armor instead). Some places in the US don't want to export SAPI plates, too.
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