Rock Island Armory Introduce New Shotgun – the VR80
Rock Island Armory have introduced their new semi-automatic shotgun – the VR80. Developed by Rock Island Armory’s Philippine parent company Armscor, the new AR-style 12 gauge, magazine fed shotgun will hit shelves in 2019. Rock Island Armory are called the VR80 ‘a lean, mean customizable machine.’
Heralded as a customizable platform for shooters the VR80 has a number of welcome features, including ambidextrous controls and charging handle, a buffer bolt system to tame recoil, a patent-pending ‘thumbhole’ buffer tube butt stock, 7075 T6 aluminium upper and lower receivers, a 12 o’clock picatinny rail, a low profile forend and a threaded, fluted barrel shroud. The shotgun feeds from a standard 5 round box magazine, the VR80 is set to ship with two of these. It will also feed from 9 and 19 round after market magazines and the gun is also backwards compatible with magazines for the earlier VR60 shotgun (which first appeared back in 2016).
Here’s a RIA Import’s video introducing the VR80, posted to Armscor’s youtube channel on 2nd January:
The VR80 retains the AR-15 control layout and familiar receiver set up but replaces the polymer of the VR60 with aluminium upper and lower receivers and forend – with a black anodised finish. The combined standard buttstock / pistol grip, which has a fixed length of pull, can also be swapped out for any AR aftermarket furniture. The VR80 has a 3 inch chamber, takes improved cylinder, modified and full Mobil threaded choke tubes, and weighs in at 8.27 lbs and has an overall length of 40 inches.
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