I have confirmed that the gas system on the civilian rifles is exactly what is used on the 10.5" military rifles, so the gas system will not need to be altered - it's good to go. The gas system is discussed in this video.
I have a Daewoo K1A1 that I am considering cutting down to 10.50"
Can you guys recommend a gunsmith in the Athens/Watkinsville area that you would trust with this type of surgery on such a rare rifle?
I want to improve the balance and install a Smith Enterprise Vortex flash hider on it.
Several years ago I had a local shop (name escapes me) located off 316 outside of Winder re-thread the barrel so a Smith Enterprise DC Vortex flash hider would fit, this required the barrel to be shortened about a 1/4", they also re-crowned the barrel. They told me that pulling the barrel was a...
nfatalk . org put on a suppressor metering event at RHR an hour's drive north of me Saturday 08/06... it was 90 in the shade and I think the humidity was about 70% - miserable. My Smith Enterprise Wind Talker suppressor is an early Fisher can that was updated to Wind Talker specs some years ago...
This is the M14 I shot at what I believe was the final SilencerTests shoot to be held in Toccoa, GA. Fisher/SEI can on a DC Vortex flash hider, notice the gas lock front sight and the breech shield. The Socom gas plug wasn't available yet, this rifle had a standard GI gas plug.