Performance Armour
"Because you don't need to sacrifice your performance for your appearance"
Here at Performance Armour, we offer a wide variety of materials for you to choose from when having your armour constructed.  You might be asking yourself why you would choose one type of material over another, so we prepared this short prospectus of different materials to outline the benefits and shortcomings of each possible choice. 
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Material
Selection
Benefits
Shortcomings
Spring Steel (1050 Tempered)
Suggested Material when:

Benefits
Shortcomings
Stainless Steel (304 Stainless)
Suggested Material when:
Benefits
Shortcomings
Aluminum (6061-T6)
Suggested Material when:
Benefits
Shortcomings
Titanium (6AL-4V)
Suggested Material when:
Benefits
Shortcomings
Plastic (ABS Sheet)
Suggested Material when:
No, we  don't use plastic barrels. . .
Benefits
Shortcomings
Mild Steel (1018 Cold Rolled)
Suggested Material when: