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Are they milled-stamped-cast?
Are they well balanced-accurate?
I'm considering one of the compact 9's from century(also wondering about the small Feg's):confused:
 
I picked up a Daewoo DP-51 recently in a trade for a couple of C&R rifles that no longer interested me.

Its proven to be an interesting gun, similar in many respects to the S&W semi-autos.

It allows DA, SA, or a third mode. In the third mode, you cock the hammer in the SA mode, then push it forward. The resulting DA trigger pull feels very much like a SA trigger pull.

Mine is nicely finished and very accurate. I haven't fully mastered the trigger pull, yet -- which isn't bad, and suprisingly light in SA or Tri-action mode. (I have a number of tuned handguns, and this one hasn't been tuned, yet.) I've seen nothing in the gun that I'd called cheap -- it all seems to be forged and milled.

A friend was shooting it the other day at one of our IDPA practice sessions, and was shooting VERY SMALL groups with it. I think the gun has good potential, and after I get the trigger smoothed on mine, expect it to be a good gun.

I don't know about parts availability, but one plus of the gun is that it will accept S&W 59-series high-cap mags. There is a small gap between the bottom of the mag and the bottom of the grip, but nothing particularly unsightly.

I don't feel I got the short end of the trade. (Mine came with a custom IWB holster, mag holder, carrying case, and 5 mags, 4 of them 15-round Mec-Gars.

Century has their on sale this month for $229, fullsize or compact. The full-size in reasonably compact. You'd be hard pressed to buy a better gun for the money.

A friend of mine who has an 01 FFL bought one a year or two ago, and immediately sold it to a customer -- who is tickled with his.
 
I have a DP51, and its my wife's favorite gun, as the grip is small and fits her hand well. Its obvious the gun was designed to fit the hands of Korean military folks.

The iron sights are way off... it shoots very high, about 3" high at 10 yards. The only thing I can do to correct this is shave down height of the rear sight, or somehow increase the height of the front sight, which is just an extension of the slide so will be difficult...I'll need a smith to work on it.

Disassembly is fairly straight-forward, but reassembly is not as "foolproof" as most modern pistols. There is a part that can be "sticking up" from the frame during disassembly, which can get damaged if you install the slide with it still sticking up. One has to be careful to rotate and lower this part, and keep it down, while installing the slide. A little bump on the frame can bring it back up again.

As a previous post mentioned, it has a very unique trigger system, where you can have traditional double-action, single-action, and an "inbetween" setting, where the hammer-spring can be kept "loaded up" but you can lower the hammer...in effect you get the long-pull of a double-action without any resistance from the hammer-spring.

Fit and finish is very nice, with a very dark, deep blued finish on the slide, and a different kind of "greenish" matted finish on the frame, which gives it a handsome two-tone look.

Very nice 9mm pistol for the money.

I heard there were .40 caliber versions imported, but sold out very quickly. I'm not sure if they are still being imported, or only available in the used market.

Sam
 
I have a DP-51, had it for years. My experience with accuracy doesn't match other folks, I didn't find it all that accurate. It's not horrible, don't get me wrong, but I get better groups with my Glocks, and obviously my 1911's. It's certainly fine for a defensive handgun, but I wouldn't pick it as a target gun. One positive note, I've probably fired 700-800 rounds through it, mostly before I bought my first Glock, and it never missed a beat, not a single FTF.
 
I bought one of their .380's (kind of a PPK clone) way back when Kimber was selling them. The grips held a spring in place & I made the mistake of dry firing it with the grips removed. I also noticed a cracked weld in the grip frame area so I sent it to Kimber & asked for a replacement under their warranty. To make a long story short... Kimber refused to honor their warranty, so I traded off the gun. Kimber and Daewoo haven't gotten a penny's worth of my business since then.
 
FRIEND WITH ONE

Used for IPSC/USPSA, reliable and (with extensive ammo coaching) very accurate.

But a small (necessary) pin broke, and he couldn't get one. Anywhere. And my friend is kinda like a rocket scientist, not a putz, and used considerable resources searching for parts.

Had to have one machined.

End of story: good gun, but NO PARTS. And machines break.

Your results may vary.
 
Mine runs fine, I've got over 70,000 miles on it and it still runs strong. Seriously, Anyone else got one of these baby's I'm thinking of getting one myself. Maybe Hyundai will come out with a new .308 battle rifle. Then we'd really be ****ting in tall corn.
 
Daewoo actually makes AR15/M16 clones as well, the DR200. They also had a DR300 model which fired the 7.62x39mm ammo.

Sam
 
Daewoo Heavy Industries indeed manufactures small arms for the Republic of Korea (ROK) military.

They are:

DP-51 Semi-Automatic Pistol (9mm Parabellum)
K2 Assault Rifle (5.56x45mm)
K1A1 Carbine (5.56x45mm)

While the carbine utilizes the same system of operation as the M-16 (gas striking the bolt carrier directly), the K2 rilfe uses operational elements from M-16, FN-FAL and AKM. The magazine is the M-16 style.

In my experience, the K2 is superior to the M-16 in accuracy, reliability and ruggedness (and would be in price as well except for economy of scale and import restriction issues). Daewoo did a nice job of combining the best of the three of the top rifles in the world.

I could be wrong, but I believe DR-200 is a civilian export version of the K2. If it weren't for the moronic "assault weapon import ban," I'd own one in a heart bit! Didn't it go for $300-400 a couple of years before the ban? Makes me cry...

Skorzeny
 
Yes, the DR200 was the politically correct thumbhole stock .223 version imported by B-West and Kimber. I own two (one from each importer) since they outshoot my other AR-15's hands down. Sadly, spare parts availability is zero and due to the low number of imports it is unlikely we will see any. Another reason I have two. The last retail price I saw before the supply dried up was $429.95. Not bad for a rifle that would outshoot most Colt's for twice the money.

The operating rod system eliminates the heavy chore of cleaning the typical AR-15 gas system and more resembles a true battle rifle in my opinion.

Scoped, they are a superb varmint rifle.

The DP51 is another unique Daewoo design. Most of the other posters have described it quite accurately. A bit of fun getting accustomed to the trigger at first, but otherwise a complement to any handgun collection. The ability to utilize S&W 59 series magazines was simple marketing genius as was the ability of the DR200 and variants to utilize M16/AR15 magazines and some common parts (although the latter was primarily driven by military spares).

No word on DP51 parts. Any owners out there care to comment? I have a buddy who has one who is reluctant to part with it despite my many attempts at purchase/barter. Perhaps if I could convince him that it was facing impending breakage without possibility of logistical support...

(grin) ;)
 
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