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

Remington 870 Police Magnum Riot Shotgun - 12 Gauge

Remington 870 Police Magnum customized with extended magazine tube - 12 Gauge (credit to Predator 20)

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Remington 870 with early style Black Synthetic Riot foregrips and buttstock - 12 Gauge.

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Remington 870 Police Magnum with Black Synthetic Furniture - 12 Gauge

Remington 870 Marine Magnum - 12 Gauge

Remington 870 with pistol grip and vertical foregrip - 12 Gauge.

Remington 870 Police with a Surefire dedicated forend weaponlight - 12 gauge.

Remington 870 Police "Entry Gun" with a Surefire dedicated forend weaponlight - 12 gauge

Remington 870 with sawed off barrel and stock - 12 gauge

Remington 870 "Witness Protection" - 12 gauge

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost	Tom Selleck	Jesse Stone		2011
The Book of Eli	Denzel Washington	Eli	Modified short-barrel	2011
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 Dark Knight	William Fichtner	The Bank Manager		2008
The Dark Knight	Heath Ledger		2008
The Beast Stalker	Nick Cheung	Hung Kim		2008
Hot Fuzz	Stuart Wilson	Doctor Robin Hatcher		2007
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise	Tom Selleck	Jesse Stone	Grizzly variant	2006
Desperation	Matt Frewer	Ralph Carver		2006
Dawn of the Dead	Ving Rhames	Kenneth	tactical weaponlight	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
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
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
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
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
Night of the Creeps	Tom Atkins	Det. Cameron		1986
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
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
Rolling Thunder	Linda Haynes	Linda Forchet		1977
The Gauntlet		Phoenix Police officers		1977
The Sugarland Express		Police Officers		1974
Badlands	Martin Sheen	Kit		1973
Prime Cut				1972
Take the Money and Run				1969
In the Heat of the Night				1967

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
CSI: NY	Laurence Fishburne	Dr. Ray Langston	"Hammer Down" (S06E07)	2004-Presnet
CSI: NY	Eddie Cahill	Det. Don Flack	"Vacation Getaway" (S06E23)	2004-Present

• Daniel Dae Kim as Chin Ho Kelly in Hawaii Five-0 (2010-????)

• Eric Balfour as Duke Crocker in Haven (2010-????)

• Australian police in Blue Murder (1995)

• Canadian goverment agents in The Border (2008-2010)

• Various characters in Harper's Island (2009)

• L.A.P.D. in Robbery Homicide Division (2002-2003)

• Survivors

• Pittsburgh Police officers, an armored van driver, and Jeremy Davidson as Henry "Mr. Rabbit" Roman in The Kill Point ("Mr. Rabbit" using one with a pachymar revolver-style pistol grip)

• Prison transport guards in Seven Days (episode "The Fire Last Time")

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

• Eddie Cahill as Detective Donald Flack Jr. in CSI: NY (episode: "Snow Day", fitted with surefire dedicated forend weaponlight and spare shotshell holders on reciever)

• Cec Verrell as Iris Smith in Hunter (episode: City Under Siege)

• Situation Critical

• 24

• Several Characters in Criminal Minds.

• Several Police officers in Blue Murder.

• Various characters in The A-Team

• Various characters in My Name is Earl

Video Games

• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

• Resident Evil/Biohazard

• Scarface: The World is Yours (Marine Magnum version, called the "Shotgun")

• Rainbow Six: Vegas

• Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

• Kane and Lynch: Dead Men

• 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)

• Vietcong

• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat

• Resident Evil 4

• SOCOM: Confrontation (as "12 Gauge Pump")

• Left 4 Dead 2 (as the "Chrome Shotgun", w/ the sight rib and the tactical flashlight)

• Shellshock 2: Blood Trails

• Dead Rising

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (870MCS version)

• Eternal Darkness

• Batman: Arkham Asylum (short barrel and pistol grip)

• The Hidden

• Zombie Master

• Zombie Panic Source (with pistol grip)

• Medal of Honor (2010)

• Homefront (Model 870 Express ShurShot Synthetic Cantilever)

• Battlefield 3 (870MCS version)

• 7.62 High Calibre

• Warface

• Vietcong 2

Anime

• Dutch in Black Lagoon

• Kochikame, The Movie

• High School of the Dead (Police Magnum w/ Black Synthetic Furniture)

• Eden of the East

• Full Metal Panic!: Fumoffu

• "Underside of the Kitten Paw" cult member in Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky (Sawed off version)

• Laura in RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~

Animation

• Boondocks, The

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).

Remington 870 Slug Gun - 12 Gauge

Remington 870 Express Deer - 12 Gauge

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
Michael Badalucco	Mathilda's father	Léon (The Professional)		1994
Bill Nunn	Kabral	Canadian Bacon		1995
Dirk Hunter	Constable Harrison	Undead		2003

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Jericho				2006-2008

Remington 870 Field Gun

Remington 870 Field Gun with raised barrel ribbing and 28" barrel - 12 Gauge.

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
Andy Davoli	Chris Scarpa	Knockaround Guys		2002
	Russian thug	A Dangerous Man	With sawed-off barrel and stock	2009
John Cullum	Jim Dahlberg	The Day After		1983
	Dirty cop	Running Scared	With sawed-off stock	2006
	Henchman	The Matrix Revolutions	With sawed-off barrel and stock	2003
Xander Berkeley	Waingro	L.A. Takedown	With sawed-off barrel and stock	1989

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The Unit	Max Martini	Mack Gerhardt		2006–2009
Criminal Minds	Mitch Pileggi	The "Road Warrior" killer	Sawed Off	2005-present
Blue Murder		Police Officers		1995
The Dukes of Hazzard	Sorrell Booke	Boss Hogg		1979-1985

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Mafia II				2010

Anime

• High School of the Dead (w/ short barrel)

Remington 870 Folding Stock

Remington 870 Police Magnum with folding stock - 12 Gauge

Remington 870 Police Magnum with stock folded - 12 Gauge

Remington 870 Police Folder with extended magazine tube - stock extended - 12 Gauge

Film

• Gene Hackman as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher in The Package (1989)

• Sylvester Stallone as N.Y.P.D. Detective DaSilva in Nighthawks (1981)

• Det. Frescia's (Kurt Russell) car trunk in Tequila Sunrise (1988)

• United States Marine embassy guards in The Saint (1997)

• Secret Service agents in Guarding Tess (1994)

• Police officers and Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (fitted with spare shotshell holders and high-capacity magazine tube)

• N.Y.P.D. officers in The Siege

• Various thugs in RoboCop

• Briefly seen in the hands of a Detroit Police officer in RoboCop 2

• Kurt Russell as Det. Gabriel Cash in Tango & Cash

• One of Yero's Goons in Miami Vice (2006)

• Police Officers in Ghost Rider

• A Pirate and Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo in Rambo: First Blood Part II

• Chris Spencer as Officer Greg in Postal

• Mexican PJF Agents in A Man Apart

• Danny Glover as Det. Lt. James McFee in Witness

• William Fichtner as SFC. Jeff Sanderson in Black Hawk Down (with stock removed)

• Gang Member in Death Wish 3

• Clancy Brown as MSgt. Larry McRose in Extreme Prejudice (1987)

• Samantha Doane as Wanda in The Enforcer

• Revok's assassins and the CONSEC guards in Scanners

• Victorian Police Officers in Animal Kingdom (2010)

• Briefly seen in the hands of a Detroit Police officer in RoboCop 2 (1990)

Television

• Hudzen in Red Dwarf

• The SAS in Ultimate Force

• Seen in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

• S.F.P.D. personnel, civilians, and Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (episode: "Past Tense", with high-capacity magazine tube)

• Mexican police officer, thug in The A-Team (episode: "Knights Of The Road)

Anime

• Gunsmith Cats Rally used this temporarily in the warehouse

• Kochikame

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

See Also

• Remington Arms - List of all weapons by Remington Arms

• Norinco 982 - Chinese clone of the Remington 870

• Knight's Armament Masterkey - Underbarrel door-breeching shotgun that uses the Remington 870 design