TFB Exclusive: Interview With the Designer of the Derya MAX Shotgun

By Vladimir Onokoy

Recently, one of the biggest Turkish firearms manufacturers, the company called Derya Arms, announced its plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Jacksonville, Florida. Derya Arms is mostly famous for their shotguns, and TFB managed to get an exclusive look at their next flagship product, a semi-automatic shotgun called Derya MAX that will be officially presented in a few days at the SHOT Show.Derya MAX is designed specifically for action shooting sports and 3-Gun competition, so in order to create a competition shotgun, the company brought in the competition shooter Sergey Ivanov, who spent many years competing with shotgun in IPSC and 3-Gun matches and coaching new shooters and even national teams.

Sergey Ivanov, competition shooter and designer of Derya MAX

TFB: How did you start competing with a shotgun?Sergey: It all started in my childhood, but I got serious about practical shooting in 2010. By 2012, I was already competing at the national level and winning

Source: The Firearm Blog