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Remington Model 870
The Remington 870 shotgun debuted in 1950 and has been used by police and military ever since as well as hunters, sportsmen and gun enthusiasts. The Remington 870 is arguably the world's most widely owned and used shotgun, with over 9 million in civilian hands.
For information on how to tell the Remington 870 series shotguns apart from Mossberg and Winchester shotguns, please visit the 12 Gauge Pump Shotgun page.
Please check the talk page for additional variants of the Model 870 not shown on the main page.
Specifications
(1951 - Present)
Type: Shotgun
Caliber: 12 gauge, 20 gauge, .410 bore
Capacity: 3,4,7,8 shells in underbarrel tube magazine
Fire Modes: Single shot (pump-action)
The Remington 870 shotgun has appeared in the following films and television series used by the following actors:
Remington 870
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deadfall (2012) | Eric Bana | Addison | sawed-off Express | 2012 |
The Thieves | Security guard | 2012 | ||
Casa de mi Padre | Henchman | 2012 | ||
Maximum Conviction | Extras | Ghost Ring sights, an M4 stock, and a pump mounted flashlight. | 2012 | |
Seven Psychopaths | Woody Harrelson | Charlie Costello | Police Magnum Riot with wooden furniture | 2012 |
Seven Psychopaths | Thug | Sawed Off | 2012 | |
Courageous | Police | 2011 | ||
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Tom Selleck | Jesse Stone | 2011 | |
The Hit List | Henchman | Sawn-off | 2011 | |
The Book of Eli | Denzel Washington | Eli | Modified short-barrel | 2011 |
Weekend | Pawel Wilczak | Norman | Tactical Pistol Grip | 2010 |
In the Electric Mist | Tommy Lee Jones | Dave Robicheaux | 2010 | |
The A-Team | 2010 | |||
Unthinkable | Brandon Routh | Agent Jackson | 2010 | |
The Town | Titus Welliver | Dino Ciampa | 2010 | |
The Town | Jon Hamm | FBI Special Agent Adam Frawley | 2010 | |
Fire of Conscience | Laiqin Jin | Blade | 2010 | |
The Road | Guy Pearce | The Veteran | 2009 | |
Brüno | Hunter | 2009 | ||
Street Kings | Kenneth Choi | Boss Kim | 2008 | |
The Dark Knight | William Fichtner | The Bank Manager | 2008 | |
The Dark Knight | Heath Ledger | The Joker | 2008 | |
Largo Winch | Digger Mesch | Police captain | shortened, pistol grip | 2008 |
Largo Winch | Brazilian Police | 2008 | ||
Vice | Michael Madsen | Det. Max Walker | 2008 | |
The Beast Stalker | Nick Cheung | Hung Kim | 2008 | |
Invisible Target | Hong Kong Police Sergeant and armoured truck's guard | 2007 | ||
Hot Fuzz | Stuart Wilson | Doctor Robin Hatcher | 2007 | |
Shooter | Kate Mara | Sara Fenn | sawed-off Express | 2007 |
Shooter | Elias Koteas | Jack Payne | sawed-off Express | 2007 |
Urban Justice | LAPD officers | Model 870 Police Magnum | 2007 | |
Urban Justice | Tucker's henchman | Sawn-off | 2007 | |
Missionary Man | Dolph Lundgren | Ryder | Sawn-off | 2007 |
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Tom Selleck | Jesse Stone | Grizzly variant | 2006 |
Rapid Fire | Jessica Steen | Linda | . | 2006 |
Underworld: Evolution | Kate Beckinsale | Selene | 2006 | |
Desperation | Matt Frewer | Ralph Carver | 2006 | |
Dawn of the Dead | Ving Rhames | Kenneth | tactical weaponlight | 2004 |
36th Precinct | Daniel Auteuil | Léo Vrinks | w/pistol grip, rail, ribbed barrel | 2004 |
36th Precinct | Daniel Duval | Eddy Valence | w/ribbed barrel | 2004 |
Undead | Dirk Hunter | Harrison | 2003 | |
2009: Lost Memories | JBI SWAT Officer | 2002 | ||
Blood Work | Clint Eastwood | FBI Agent Terry McCaleb | 2002 | |
Spider-Man | An armored van robber | 2002 | ||
Ghosts of Mars | Ice Cube | James 'Desolation' Williams | 2001 | |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Chris Barrie | Hillary | nickel plated | 2001 |
Ticker | SFPD Officers | 2001 | ||
The Way of the Gun | Ryan Phillippe | Parker | 2000 | |
U.S. Marshals | Multiple extras | 1998 | ||
The Siege | FBI Agents | 1998 | ||
Heaven's Burning | STAR officer | 1997 | ||
City of Industry | Wade Dominguez | Jorge Montana | sawn-off, pistol grip | 1997 |
Crying Freeman | Byron Mann | Koh | with a Butler Creek tactical forend, heat shield, door breacher, and pistol grip stock | 1995 |
Crying Freeman | Yakuza mobster | with a Butler Creek tactical forend, heat shield, door breacher, and pistol grip stock | 1995 | |
Dead Presidents | Larenz Tate | custom short version | 1995 | |
Clear and Present Danger | U.S. Coast Guard personnel | 1994 | ||
Roadracers | William Sadler | Sarge | 1994 | |
Natural Born Killers | Pruitt Taylor Vince | Hoby Gilman | 1994 | |
The Fugitive | A Prisoner Transport Guard | 1993 | ||
Rapid Fire | Brandon Lee | Jake Lo | 1992 | |
Rapid Fire | Henchmen | with extended magazines | 1992 | |
Rapid Fire | Detective | with pistol grip, sawn off | 1992 | |
Silence of the Lambs | Scott Glenn | Jack Crawford | . | 1991 |
Mobsters | Richard Grieco | Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel | Anachronistic | 1991 |
The Hunt for Red October | U.S. Navy sailors | 1990 | ||
State of Grace | Gang Member | 1990 | ||
RoboCop 2 | One of Cain's thugs | full-size with extended mag tube | 1990 | |
RoboCop 2 | One of Cain's thugs | short-barrel with pistol grip | 1990 | |
The Killer | Danny Lee | Li Ying | 1989 | |
In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders | FBI Agents | 1988 | ||
Married to the Mob | . | F.B.I. agent on a warrant service | 1988 | |
Extreme Prejudice | Nick Nolte | Jack Benteen | 1987 | |
Extreme Prejudice | Luis Contreras | Lupo | 1987 | |
A Better Tomorrow II | Chow Yun-Fat | Ken Lee | Sawed-off barrel and stockless pistol grip | 1987 |
Stakeout | Police officers | 1987 | ||
Fatal Beauty | Criminal henchman | 1987 | ||
Band of the Hand | Lauren Holly | Nikki | cut-down | 1986 |
Big Trouble in Little China | Wing Kong gang member | 1986 | ||
Cobra | Marco Rodríguez | The Supermarket Killer | Sawn Off | 1986 |
Manhunter | Tom Noonan | Francis "The Toothfairy" Dollarhyde | 1986 | |
Legacy of Rage | Prison guards | 1986 | ||
Night of the Creeps | Tom Atkins | Det. Cameron | 1986 | |
Murphy's Law | A drug farmer | 1986 | ||
Stick | Thugs | 1985 | ||
Commando | Arnold Schwarzenegger | John Matrix | extended mag tube | 1985 |
Witness | Danny Glover | Detective Mcfee | 1985 | |
My Science Project | Fisher Stevens | Vince Latello | 1985 | |
My Science Project | 1985 | |||
The Star Chamber | 1983 | |||
The Final Option | . | SAS Trooper | . | 1982 |
Forced Vengeance | Bob Minor | LeRoy Nicely | 1982 | |
Borderline | Ed Harris | Hotchkiss | 1980 | |
The Blues Brothers | Police officers | 1980 | ||
...And Justice For All | Police officers | 1979 | ||
Black Sunday | Bruce Dern | Michael Lander | 1977 | |
The Gauntlet | Phoenix Police officers | 1977 | ||
The Sugarland Express | Police Officers | 1974 | ||
Badlands | Martin Sheen | Kit | 1973 | |
Prime Cut | 1972 | |||
Rage | US Army MP | 1972 | ||
There Was Once a Cop (Il était une fois un flic...) | Venantino Venantini | Felice | Suppressed, with scope | 1971 |
Take the Money and Run | 1969 | |||
In the Heat of the Night | 1967 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The A-Team | Various | 1983 - 1987 | ||
Hunter | Cec Verrell | Iris Smith | "City Under Siege" | 1984 - 1991 |
Blue Murder | Australian police | 1995 | ||
Seven Days | Prison Transport Guards | "The Fire Last Time" | 1998 - 2001 | |
24 | Various | 2001 - 2010 | ||
Robbery Homicide Division | L.A.P.D. | 2002 - 2003 | ||
CSI: NY | Laurence Fishburne | Dr. Ray Langston | "Hammer Down" (S06E07) | 2004 - ???? |
CSI: NY | Eddie Cahill | Det. Don Flack | "Vacation Getaway" (S06E23) | 2004 - ???? |
My Name is Earl | Various | 2005 - 2009 | ||
Criminal Minds | Various | 2005 - ???? | ||
The Kill Point | Jeremy Davidson | Henry "Mr. Rabbit" Roman | 2007 | |
The Border | Canadian Government agents | 2008 - 2010 | ||
Survivors | 2008 - 2010 | |||
Harper's Island | Various | 2009 | ||
Hawaii Five-0 | Daniel Dae Kim | Chin Ho Kelly | 2010 - ???? | |
Haven | Eric Balfour | Duke Crocker | 2010 - ???? | |
Continuum - Season 1 | Mike Dopud | Stefan Jaworski | with a breacher muzzle device and collapsible stock / "A Stitch In Time" (Episode 1) | 2012 |
Continuum - Season 1 | Casey Dubois | Dan | "Family Time" (Episode 9) | 2012 |
Banshee - Season 1 / Episode 10 | Matt Servitto | Deputy Brock Lotus | with flashlight | 2013 |
Defiance | Dewshane Williams | Tommy | Synthetic furniture / "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go" (S01E02) | 2013 - ???? |
Continuum - Season 2 | Roger R. Cross | Travis Berta | with a breacher muzzle device and collapsible stock / "Second Thoughts" (Episode 3) | 2013 |
Video Games
- Scarface: The World is Yours (Marine Magnum version, called the "Shotgun")
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (Sawn-off and un-sawn off)
- Battlefield 2 (as the "M11-87", with ghost ring sights and spare shotshell holders on side of receiver)
- SOCOM: Confrontation (as "12 Gauge Pump")
- Left 4 Dead 2 (as the "Chrome Shotgun", w/ the sight rib and the tactical flashlight)
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (870 MCS version)
- Batman: Arkham Asylum (short barrel and pistol grip)
- Mirror's Edge (870 MCS)
- Zombie Panic Source (with pistol grip)
- Homefront (Model 870 Express ShurShot Synthetic Cantilever)
- Conflict: Vietnam (Police Magnum w/ extended magazine tube)
- Battlefield 3 (870MCS version)
- Söldner: Secret Wars (870 Marine Magnum)
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (sawn-off)
- Medal of Honor: Warfighter (870MCS in breaching configuration)
- The Walking Dead (referred to simply as "my gun" by Hershel)
- Binary Domain as "HIG-S8 Shotgun," dressed up as a Franchi SPAS-12 - 2012
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Kochikame, The Movie | 1999 | ||
Full Metal Panic!: Fumoffu | 2003 | ||
The Boondocks | 2005-Present | ||
Black Lagoon | Dutch | 2006 | |
RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ | Laura | 2008 | |
Eden of the East | 2009 | ||
High School of the Dead | Police Magnum w/ Black Synthetic Furniture | 2010 | |
Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky | "Underside of the Kitten Paw" cult member | Sawed off version | 2010 |
Remington 870 Slug Gun
The Remington 870 Slug Gun is a high end 870 with rifle sights designed for firing rifled slugs. It was manufactured for decades before the currently available 870 Express Deer gun (which is an 'economy' version with laminate stocks and more 'slop' in the tolerances).
Specifications
(???? - Present}
- Type: Shotgun
- Caliber: 12 Gauge
- Weight: 7.3 lbs (3.3 kg)
- Length: 40.5 in (102.9 cm)
- Barrel length: 20 in (50.8 cm)
- Capacity: 3
- Fire Modes: Pump Action
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Democratic Terrorist | Karl Heinz Maslo | Werner | 1992 | |
Léon (The Professional) | Michael Badalucco | Mathilda's father | 1994 | |
Undead | Dirk Hunter | Constable Harrison | 2003 | |
36th Precinct | Security guard | 2004 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jericho | 2006 - 2008 | |||
Supernatural - Season 3 | Stoney Westmoreland | Sheriff Melvin Dodd | "Jus In Bello" (S03E12) | 2008 |
Tyler McClendon | Deputy Phil Amici | |||
Jensen Ackles | Dean Winchester | |||
Charles Malik Whitfield | Victor Henriksen | |||
Sheriff's Deputies | ||||
Supernatural - Season 4 | Mitch Pileggi | Samuel Campbell | "In The Beginning" (S04E03) | 2008 |
Remington 870 Field Gun
Specifications
(???? - Present)
- Type: Shotgun
- Caliber: 12 Gauge, 20 Gauge
- Weight: 7.5 lbs (3.4 kg)
- Length: 46.5 in (118.1 cm), 48.5 in (123.2 cm)
- Barrel length: 26 in (66 cm), 28 in (71.1 cm)
- Capacity: 3-8 internal tube
- Fire Modes: Pump-Action
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Melvin Purvis G-MAN | law enforcement, criminals | 1974 | ||
Rolling Thunder | Linda Haynes | Linda Forchet | 1977 | |
The Day After | John Cullum | Jim Dahlberg | 1983 | |
L.A. Takedown | Xander Berkeley | Waingro | With sawed-off barrel and stock | 1989 |
Escanaba in da Moonlight | Wayne David Parker | Jimmer Negamanee from Menominee | 2001 | |
Knockaround Guys | Andy Davoli | Chris Scarpa | 2002 | |
The Matrix Revolutions | Henchman | With sawed-off barrel and stock | 2003 | |
Running Scared | Dirty cop | With sawed-off stock | 2006 | |
A Dangerous Man | Russian thug | With sawed-off barrel and stock | 2009 | |
Brüno | 2009 | |||
Looper | Emily Blunt | Sara | 2012 | |
Casa de mi Padre | deleted scene | 2012 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Dukes of Hazzard | Sorrell Booke | Boss Hogg | 1979-1985 | |
Blue Murder | Police Officers | 1995 | ||
Criminal Minds | Mitch Pileggi | Norman Hill / The 'Road Warrior' killer | Sawed Off with custom brace mounted on pump / "Normal" (S4E11) | 2008 |
The Unit | Max Martini | Mack Gerhardt | 2006–2009 | |
The Walking Dead | Scott Wilson | Hershel Greene | "Beside the Dying Fire"(S02E13) | 2012 |
Continuum - Season 2 | Omari Newton | Lucas Ingram | sawn-off | 2013 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mafia II | 2010 | |||
Fallout: New Vegas | Hunting Shotgun | 2010 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
High School of the Dead | with short barrel | 2010 |
Remington 870 Folding Stock
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Enforcer | Samantha Doane | Wanda | 1976 | |
Scanners | Revok's assassins and the CONSEC guards | 1981 | ||
Nighthawks | Sylvester Stallone | NYPD Detective DaSilva | 1981 | |
The Final Option | SAS trooper | 1982 | ||
Witness | Danny Glover | Det. Lt. James McFee | 1985 | |
Death Wish 3 | Gang Member | 1985 | ||
Rambo: First Blood Part II | Sylvester Stallone | John Rambo | 1985 | |
Rambo: First Blood Part II | A pirate | 1985 | ||
Avenging Force | William Wallace | Wade Delaney | With extended magazine tube | 1986 |
Avenging Force | Various henchmen | Mostly with extended magazine tubes | 1986 | |
Murphy's Law | Charles Bronson | Jack Murphy | 1986 | |
Murphy's Law | Frank Vincenzo's bodyguard | 1986 | ||
Extreme Prejudice | Clancy Brown | MSgt. Larry McRose | 1987 | |
RoboCop | Various thugs | 1987 | ||
Cold Steel | Brad Davis | Johnny Modine | 1987 | |
Rage of Honor | Various henchmen | 1987 | ||
Tequila Sunrise | Kurt Russell | Det. Frescia | Seen in car trunk | 1988 |
The Package | Gene Hackman | Sgt. Johnny Gallagher | 1989 | |
Tango & Cash | Kurt Russell | Det. Gabriel Cash | 1989 | |
RoboCop 2 | Detroit Police officer | 1990 | ||
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Linda Hamilton | Sarah Connor | Fitted with spare shotshell holders and high-capacity magazine tube | 1991 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Police officers | 1991 | ||
Guarding Tess | Secret Service agents | 1994 | ||
The Saint | US Marine embassy guards | 1997 | ||
The Siege | NYPD officers | 1998 | ||
Montana | Alan Manson | Paul | 1998 | |
Black Hawk Down | William Fichtner | SFC. Jeff Sanderson | With stock removed | 2001 |
Ticker | FBI Agents | With high-capacity magazine tube | 2001 | |
A Man Apart | Mexican PJF Agents | 2003 | ||
Miami Vice (2006) | One of Yero's Goons | 2006 | ||
Rapid Fire | Brendand Fletcher | Billy | 2006 | |
Ghost Rider | Police Officers | 2007 | ||
Postal | Chris Spencer | Officer Greg | 2007 | |
Animal Kingdom | Victorian Police Officers | 2010 | ||
A Gang Story (Les Lyonnais) | François Levantal | Joan Chavez | Without folding stock | 2011 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The A-Team | Mexican police officer | "Knights Of The Road" | 1983-1987 | |
Red Dwarf | Hudzen | 1988-1999 | ||
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Avery Brooks | Benjamin Sisko | "Past Tense", with high-capacity magazine tube | 1993-1999 |
Ultimate Force | The SAS | 2002-2006 | ||
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Lena Headey | Sarah Connor | 2008-2009 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Gunsmith Cats | Rally | 1995 - 1996 | |
Kochikame | 1996 - 2005 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Grand Theft Auto III | 2001 | |||
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | 2003 | |||
Terminator Salvation | 2009 | |||
Army of Two: The 40th Day | R870 Shotgun | Can be fitted with a variety of stocks, barrels, magazines, scopes, suppressors/muzzle brakes | Stock always extended | 2010 |
Dead Island | 2011 |
Maruzen airsoft CA870 CQB
Instantly recognizable by the short box magazine and obviously plastic finish, the inexpensive, mass-produced airsoft replica of the Remington 870 is often used as a background prop in low-budget movies. Even though this replica is clearly based on the Remington 870, some versions mysteriously have 'Mossberg M590' (see image) in white on the left side of the receiver, just above the magazine.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elephant White | in weapons cache | 2010 | ||
Lockout | prisoners | 2012 | ||
Graduation | 2007 |
See Also
- Norinco 982 - Chinese clone of the Remington 870
- Knight's Armament Masterkey - Underbarrel door-breeching shotgun that uses the Remington 870 design