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: 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)
Remington 870 with early style black synthetic riot foregrips and buttstock - 12 gauge.
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
|
| A Good Day to Die Hard |
Bruce Willis |
John McClane |
Entry Gun |
2013
|
| Cockneys vs. Zombies |
|
|
|
2012
|
| Battleground |
|
|
|
2012
|
| No One Lives |
|
|
Police Magnum Riot |
2012
|
| Stolen |
M.C. Gainey |
Hoyt |
Sawed off |
2012
|
| Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning |
|
|
Witness Protection |
2012
|
| The Thieves |
|
Security guard |
|
2012
|
| Casa de mi Padre |
|
Henchman |
|
2012
|
| The Dark Knight Rises |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
John Blake |
Riot Gun |
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
|
| Flypaper |
Tim Blake Nelson |
Billy Ray "Peanut Butter" McCloud |
Chrome, pistol griped |
2011
|
| 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
|
| Remington 870 |
Jeff Hochendoner |
Alex's Thug Buddy |
|
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
|
| In the Electric Mist |
Tommy Lee Jones |
Dave Robicheaux |
|
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
|
| Snakes on a Plane |
|
The Snake Keeper |
Police Magnum Riot Shotgun |
2006
|
| Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise |
Tom Selleck |
Jesse Stone |
Grizzly variant |
2006
|
| Rapid Fire |
Jessica Steen |
Linda |
. |
2006
|
| Gangs of the Dead |
Noel Gugliemi |
Caesar |
. |
2006
|
| Underworld: Evolution |
Kate Beckinsale |
Selene |
|
2006
|
| Desperation |
Matt Frewer |
Ralph Carver |
|
2006
|
| The Amityville Horror |
Ryan Reynolds |
George Lutz |
|
2005
|
| Melissa George |
Kathy Lutz |
|
2005
|
| The Business |
|
armored car robber |
|
2005
|
| 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
|
| Torque |
Martin Henderson |
Cary Ford |
continuity error, heat shield and Mark I bayonet mount |
2004
|
| Torque |
Max Beesley |
Luther |
heat shield and Mark I bayonet mount |
2004
|
| Cash Truck |
|
A robber |
|
2004
|
| Undead |
Dirk Hunter |
Harrison |
|
2003
|
| The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting |
|
a few characters |
|
2003
|
| Steal |
|
Police Officer |
|
2002
|
| 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
|
| Boogie Nights |
Alfred Molina |
Rahad Jackson |
Sawn-Off |
1997
|
| Heaven's Burning |
|
STAR officer |
|
1997
|
| City of Industry |
Wade Dominguez |
Jorge Montana |
sawn-off, pistol grip |
1997
|
| Against the Law |
Nick Mancuso |
Det. Shepard |
|
1997
|
| Against the Law |
James Stephens |
Det. Hamada |
|
1997
|
| Against the Law |
|
LAPD SWAT |
|
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
|
| Beverly Hills Cop III |
Jon Tenney |
Levine |
|
1994
|
| 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
|
| An Innocent Man |
|
Prison Guards |
|
1989
|
| 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
|
| Beverly Hills Cop II |
Dean Stockwell |
Charles Kane |
|
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
Video Games
| Game Title
|
Referred as
|
Mods
|
Note
|
Release Date
|
| Survarium |
|
|
|
2014
|
- Battlefield 2 (as the "M11-87", with ghost ring sights and spare shotshell holders on side of receiver)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (as the "Chrome Shotgun", w/ the sight rib and the tactical flashlight)
- Homefront (Model 870 Express ShurShot Synthetic Cantilever)
Anime
Remington 870 Slug Gun
Remington 870 Slug Gun - 12 gauge
Remington 870 Express Deer - 12 gauge
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}
- Length: 40.5 in (102.9 cm)
- Barrel length: 20 in (50.8 cm)
Film
Television
Remington 870 Field Gun
Remington 870 Field Gun with raised barrel ribbing and 28" barrel - 12 gauge.
Remington 870 Field Gun with raised barrel ribbing and shortened barrel - 12 gauge.
Specifications
(???? - Present)
- Caliber: 12 gauge, 20 gauge
- 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
Film
Television
Video Games
Anime
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
Television
Anime
Video Games
Maruzen airsoft CA870 CQB
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
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