An Remington 870 Police Magnum
The Remington 870 is an pump-action shotgun designed and manufactured by American firearms company Remington Arms. It is widely featured in many movies and video games.
History[]
The Remington 870 was designed in 1951, as the fourth major design in Remington's pump-action shotguns. The shotgun was commonly used by armed forces and law enforcement worldwide. It is also popular among civilians. The weapon was adopted by the US Armed Forces as the "M870".
Design Features[]
The Remington 870 is an pump-action weapon, it features a bottom-loading, side ejecting receiver, tubular magazine under the barrel, dual action bars, internal hammer, and a bolt which locks into an extension in the barrel. The weapon is available in different bores, it is available in 12, 16, 20, 28 gauges and .410 bore. The most common one is the 12 gauge version. It can be fed with 4 - 7 rounds in a internal tube magazine.
Variants[]
Remington 870 with foregrip and pistol grip
The Remington 870 comes with a hundreds of variants with different bores.
- Express
- Marine
- MCS: The Modular Combat Shotgun, comes with a different inchs of barrels, magazine tubes, and stocks which can be quickly modified for different purposes.
- Police
- Super Mag
- Wingmaster
Other Variants[]
An Type 97-2 shotgun, it is fed with an detachable magazine
- Norinco HP9-1: Chinese copies, also known as the Hawk or Type 97. It has been adopted by the People's Liberation Army and law enforcement in China, also available for exports.
Appears in[]
- Resident Evil
- Silent Hil 2 and 3 (short barrel version)
- Eternal Darkness
- Vietcong
- Söldner: Secret Wars
- Battlefield 2
- Resident Evil 4
- Dead Rising
- Rainbow Six: Vegas
- Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
- 7.62 High Calibre
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Medal of Honor
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Homefront
- Battlefield 3 (870 MCS)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (as the "Sawn-off shotgun", used by terrorist faction)
- Medal of Honor: Warfighter (870 MCS Breecher, used by DEVGRU and SAD operatives for door breeching in Single-player, also available in multiplayer)
- The Walking Dead
- Warface
- Mafia II
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Metal Gear Online (870 Custom)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (870 MCS as the "R870 MCS")
- Battlefield 4 (870 MCS and Hawk 97-2)