12 GA Ball Bearings VS Body Armor

Taofledermaus does a couple tests:

dragon-skin-armorNeedless to say the soft body armor looks like a mess.

Was I the only one cringing at the fact they were shooting something which “doesn’t deform like lead” at 1200 ft/s so close?  Ahhhhh.  Sure they angled the plates, but I don’t know… still seems like something could go wrong.

Thoughts?