Gunsmithing Need help to make custom Daewoo Dr-200 Barrel

[AdamJacksom]

hello gentlemen.

I have a Daewoo DR-200 that I absolutely adore. However, I am wanting more out of it. Since there is no offered/available barrel other than the standard profile, 1-12 twist (that I have been able to find), I have decided to have a custom barrel made for it. I have spent all day on the phone with various barrel makers and gunsmiths and nobody really wants to touch this thing, or knows enough about it to offer any substantial advice or direction to take.
So my first question is;

1. Is there a custom barrel maker/finisher you know that might want to undertake making a custom barrel for a daewoo dr-200 from a blank?


Second, one of my good friends is a master machinist. If I can't find someone who does this stuff regularly, I plan to buy a blank with the twist I want. Then using the standard barrel to pull dimensions for the gas port, headspacing, threading, etc... I will get my friend to machine the blank to match.

In regards to the second option, my question is this:

2. Do you know of a guide or step by step detail of finishing tasks for a barrel? I am meaning more of a technical terms type of thing that a professional precision machinist could follow?


Any help would be greatly appreciate.

Thanks

SjF

 

[2156SMK]

Re: Need help to make custom Daewoo Dr-200 Barrel

I miss my DR200.
I have had a few apart for shorten/thread jobs.
It should not be too hard to make a custom barrel for one if someone knew how to make AR barrels.
I was an AR barrel gunsmith in my past life.

 

[gunnergirl81]

Re: Need help to make custom Daewoo Dr-200 Barrel

My husband fitted a standard 1/7 twist AR barrel to one once. Let me talk to him and see what/how he did it.

 

[BBeyer]

Re: Need help to make custom Daewoo Dr-200 Barrel

Your friend the master machinist should be able to get all the information he needs from the existing bsrrel.

 

[AdamJacksom]

Re: Need help to make custom Daewoo Dr-200 Barrel

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BBeyer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Your friend the master machinist should be able to get all the information he needs from the existing bsrrel.</div></div>

Ok, so there isn't anything special processing wise that can't be done by a normal machinist.

Thanks all

 

[gunnergirl81]

Re: Need help to make custom Daewoo Dr-200 Barrel

Contact these guys. http://azexarms.com/Welcome.html The husband says its the place to go for "Woo" lovin' mods.

He also said the fitting of the AR barrel just involved swapping of barrel extensions until headspace could be set, some mods to the gas port area to fit the FSB/Gasblock, and milling a retaining pin hole into the bottom of the extension.

That sounds like a LOT of work to me, but he said he did it just to see if he could and it involved about a days worth of work.