I said this above, but it bears repeating- taking a rifle shot to the face while wearing one of these will still probably knock you unconscious. There's not enough "dampening", not enough redirection of force away from the head. I am not sure if that's possible, yet. Personally, I wouldn't put my life on it. If the helmet is comfortable, doesn't fuck with my vision, I might wear it so that I might survive a headshot that would've certainly killed me... but I'd still want to be with bros who could pick my unconscious body up and carry me to safety.