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Daewoo DR200 rifle
Farmer Brown
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I'm kind of intrigued by this rifle design. Is this a quality built and reliable rifle? Looks like they are going for around $800. Fair price?
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Pro's, uses M16 type magazines.
Adopted some parts from the M16, bolt and trigger group, but uses an
AK 47 gas system.
Con's, Parts are hard to find, uses only 5.56 round and not the .223
Battle rifle, not a target gun. some barrels have a higher
rifling twist and cannot use bullets over 55grains.
Some guns have reported feeding/jamming issues, others work fine.
I'd pass.
All you ever wanted to know about the Woo is at my website's forum.
daewoorifleparts.com/forums
Parts aren't hard to find and haven't been for years, since I started this outfit. I have no competitors. The Woo is a Cult rifle. AR guys hate it because it's everything their trendy piston-driven thing is and more, years before the trendy piston driven thing existed, the ROKs did it right.
Woo guys love it because it's utterly reliable, even in the dirtiest nastiest conditions.
Those who don't know...and don't wanna know, aren't needed anyway. They simply drive up the cost of these rifles. I never would pay more than 700 for a bone stock DR200. Changing over to a pistol grip and folding stock, plus making the thing 922r compliant is going to cost you plenty. Obtaining a nice pre-89 rifle for around 1200 is a better deal. For an "exotic" they are still a heck of a deal, cheaper than any HK, Galil, most Valmets (however the bottom fell out on Valmets due to lack of mags and parts)
We currently offer spares taken from other rifles, and new parts, including many "improved" parts like 90 degree selectors, convertible to left-hand use, extended/oversized charging handles, extended gas plugs for easier disassembly when carboned up, handguard rail sets, replacement firing pins, several different optics rail options, as well as a slew of parts for 922r compliance.
So, before you believe those who admittedly don't know...c'mon over to the Dark Side and learn all about the Woo. When you shoot them and get to know them, you'll dump your ARs.
A South Korean battle rifle.
Pro's, uses M16 type magazines.
Adopted some parts from the M16, bolt and trigger group, but uses an
AK 47 gas system.
Con's, Parts are hard to find, uses only 5.56 round and not the .223
Battle rifle, not a target gun. some barrels have a higher
rifling twist and cannot use bullets over 55grains.
Some guns have reported feeding/jamming issues, others work fine.
I'd pass.
You can fire 223 in the 5.56 chamber...all day long, and every day. It is the other way around, that you shouldn't fire 5.56 in a 223 chamber.
While we are on the subject, the the guns with the higher, or faster twist should shoot the "over 55 grains" better than those under 55 grains. The ones with the lower twist rate, that is slower, say those of 1 in 12 or slower will not like anything over 55 grains.
To the OP...It is a great little rifle. If it is in good shape, I would snap it up, as they are getting hard to find...if that type rifle appeals to you. Otherwise, I would get an AR.
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A South Korean battle rifle.
Pro's, uses M16 type magazines.
Adopted some parts from the M16, bolt and trigger group, but uses an
AK 47 gas system.
Con's, Parts are hard to find, uses only 5.56 round and not the .223
Battle rifle, not a target gun. some barrels have a higher
rifling twist and cannot use bullets over 55grains.
Some guns have reported feeding/jamming issues, others work fine.
I'd pass.
His pro,s are OK. Con,s are not right, just the opposite.
Never have feeding problems with my MAX-1.
If you get one, get good ar mags. Bad mags won't feed in anything that takes them.
The reason I bring this up is that they had two different internal mechanisms. I thought the K1 was similar to the AK 47, and the K2's was a knock-off of the M 16 with direct gas operation of the bolt.
You guys got me confused now. I though the DR200 was similar to the K2 with direct gas operation of the bolt through a tube over the barrel. It didn't have a piston mechanism?
The imported semi-autos Daewoo,s are MAX-1&2,s.
Rufe, the K1,K2,DR200 all have the same AK piston gas system.
The imported semi-autos Daewoo,s are MAX-1&2,s.
Dug out my copy of Walter's "Rifles of the World". The K 1's with the telescoping wire stock, had the the direct tube gas system similar to our M 16. The K 2's mechanism were as you noted adapted from the AK. This is the one that the Koreans adapted for their military and sold commercially.
Many early K2s are 1:12 twist...ditto.
MOST later K2s, and the other models they were imported as, AR100, MaxII are 1:7.3 twist and will shoot 62gr just fine.
ALL of the thumbhole .223 rifles are 1:12. The Koreans had piles of these contract barrels leftover when their military made the switch to 62gr ammo. So they used them for the "sporterized" imports.