Does anybody have any experience with direct-impinged Daewoo handguards from these guys…or have any experience dealing with this particular company…
http://www.stormwerkz.com/Description_Pages/Daewoo_HG_DWK1_01_INSTALLATION.html
I’m thinking about up-dating my Stoeger MaxI carbine…solve my forearm rattle and lack of optic rail issues all at once!
No experience with their handguards but I have used their direct mount optics rail for the AKS-74U. It was a very well made, well finished piece of kit they worked very well.
The Stormwerkz looks way bulkier than the issued Korean rail (both higher and deeper lower rails):
Stormwerkz:
View of barrel nut:
Since the K1A1 uses a standard M16 barrel nut I’d bet you could modify a Centurion or Troy to fit. You might need a Midwest (for pistons) to clear the gas tube butt on the Daewoo’s front sight:
You’d probably need a rear-cantilever mount (like a reversed Larue or ADM) if you want or need magnification. An Eotech would be closer to bore line if you mounted it direct to the top of one of these:
Hard to tell by the photos but you might need a (9 or 10-inch) mid-length rail. As bulky and complicated as it looks, I’d go with the simpler Centurion and maybe something like a reversed Larue SPR-E if you want a magnified scope:
ADM:
Hmmm…Options!
Didn’t realize there were options available as far as railed handguards go for the Daewoo.
Really had no idea ROK warriors had accessories to stick on their K1 carbines. M4 stock adapters/railed handguards and such…the stock adapter in the pic looks suspiciously like the Stormwerkz unit
Thanx for the advice and cool pics…I’ll have to think about this more…
My original plan(before finding Stormwerkz) was to buy a free-float tube and saw it to length…bust the carbine apart and tube it…but…but I didn’t really want to scatter my cool Korean carbine
I wouldn’t want to chop a Daewoo (they’re nice and compact with very pretty lines) but there are only a few options. You’re only limited by your imagination and wallet.
This guy in Arizona carries Daewoo parts and stock adaptors:
http://daewoorifleparts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=78
I think the Stormwerkz rail is ugly and bulky for the K1. I’d do the Centurion.
Another guy simply made a rail for his upper (if you want magnification) and had his barrel chopped, crowned, re-threaded, and a new (XM177E2-style) flash hider pinned to give it an authentic ROK military look:
Nah…I ain’t chopping my 'Woo…I remember when the Daewoos were the sizzle for budget AR style weapons…and the Max I was never a common gun(I’m the only person I know with one)…anti-gunner’s heads about exploded 'cause they were short and handy…and they were on every ‘hit list’ along with the mighty Tec 9 and quite a few other cool weapons.
Ahh…the 80’s…$149 M1 carbines…$400 Daewoos…$500 Colt 1911 pistols…never saw a Glock except in a ‘Popular mechanics’ pic…AR’s were almost always a Colt…rare and expensive… the .40S&W didn’t even exist…
I have a Stormwerkz rail on my Yugo M92, and it’s fantastic. I wouldn’t hesitate at all to buy anything from Josh.
That M-4 Buttstock Adapter looks like it should be the 1st priority. The greasegun style stock is utter crap.
Depends on your veiwpoint is…or rather what the Korean’s veiwpoint was at the time…I guess the K1 was intended as a greasegun replacement…and the wire and rubber ‘buttstock’ does shrink-up compact and is simple.
The entire gun is a vast simplification of the AR…stick an M4 collapsable stock and the required adapter on…likely added about 25% to the parts-count!
But yeh…no the wire stock isn’t that comfy…but is modesty stable. I got other 5.56mm rifles…and the Daewoo is more an occasional plinking blaster. It doesn’t have to top-notch to suit me.
That gun looks like a fixed folding stock, like an AR-18 style, would be a good match. If it was possible.