So I was told that cops in New England will wear something like this heavy of a down because down can actually stop bullets. ANyone ever heard of that? It does not seem likely, but I am just curious.

answer is, this coat won't stop a bullet. However, heavy clothing along with sheet rock (drywall), auto-glass, car doors, 4 layers of denim, and heavy leather and down coats are often tested by the FBI to ensure adequate penetration of atleast 12 inches in ballistics gelatin. Studies of shootouts have revealed that reaching vital areas in order to stop a threat often required a bullet to travel atleast 12 to 14 inches in a target to ensure the threat could be stopped. Layers of heavy clothing and heavy coats can severely diminish the effectiveness ammunition. The bottom line is that the first layer and primary layer of protection for law enforcement is bullet "proof" jackets. These jackets are designed to stop ammuntion from reaching vital areas. The coat can keep a hollow point from expanding though. And this is probably a bad thing. Because when hollow points expand, they reduce penetration in the target. Penetration kills. If the hollow point is filled with down, it will essentially act like military full metal jacket ammunition. Even low powered hand guns can reach 24 inches of penetration, meaning that a bullet could not only go through the target, but could come out the other side and hit another target.

This seems pretty far fetched, I certainly wouldn't rely on down to stop a bullet for me.------------------Not a snowball's chance in hell. A bullet would go through this like it wasn't there.----It didn't help the goose did it?