Rock Island Armory Imports New VRBP-100-A Semi-Automatic Bullpup Shotgun

By John Crump

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)-The VRBP-100-A is Rock Island Armory Imports’ latest entry into the bullpup shotgun market.

Unlike most Rock Island Armory guns that they produce in the Philippines, RIA imports the VRBP-100-A from Turkey. Derya Arms is the actual producers of the shotgun. In Turkey, they sell it under the name of the Derya Bullpup N-100.

In fact, the first time I saw the VRBP-100-A was at SHOT Show in 2018. At the time it was being marketed as the Derya Arms MK-12. It was over looked by a lot of journalist because Derya Arms launched their bullpup shotgun at the same time as IWI unveiled their bullpup. The MK-12 was lost in the noise.

The VRBP-100-A is a semi-automatic shotgun with a charging handle in a similar place to a CZ Scorpion. By moving the action of the gun behind the trigger group, it allowed Rock Island Armory to reduce the total length of the long gun to 32 inches including a 42CrMo4 stainless steel 20-inch barrel.

Putting the VRBP-100-A into battery with the charging handle is simple. The handle is large enough to be able to grab even under extreme …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand