Remington Model 870 Shotgun

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 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 with sawed off barrel and stock - 12 Gauge

Film

• F.B.I. agent on a warrant service in Married to the Mob (1988)

• Scott Glenn as Jack Crawford in Silence of the Lambs (1991)

• My Science Project (1985)

• Bruce Dern as Michael Lander in Black Sunday (1977)

• The Star Chamber (1983)

• Take the Money and Run (1969)

• Tom Atkins as Det. Cameron in Night of the Creeps (1986)

• William Sadler as Sarge in Roadracers (1994)

• Matt Frewer as Ralph Carver in Desperation (2006)

• Police officers in Stakeout (1987)

• In the Heat of the Night (1967)

• Police officers in ...And Justice For All (1979)

• Prime Cut (1972)

• Linda Haynes as Linda Forchet in Rolling Thunder (1977)

• Phoenix Police officers in * The Gauntlet (1977)

• Criminal henchman in Fatal Beauty (1987)

• Police Officers in The Sugarland Express (1974)

• Tom Noonan as Francis "The Toothfairy" Dollarhyde in Manhunter (1986)

• Tom Selleck as Chief Jesse Stone in Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)

• Sheri Moon Zombie as Baby in The Devil's Rejects

• Milla Jovovich as Alice in Resident Evil

• L.A. Police officers in S.W.A.T.

• Kari Wuhrer as Sheriff Samantha Parker in Eight Legged Freaks

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

• Police officers and Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Matrix in Commando

• Chow Yun-Fat as Ken Lee in A Better Tomorrow II (sawed-off barrel and stockless pistol grip)

• Danny Lee as Li Ying in The Killer

• FBI Agents in The Siege

• JBI SWAT Officer in 2009: Lost Memories

• Ving Rhames as Kenneth in Dawn of the Dead (fitted with a tactical flashlight in the foregrip)

• U.S. Coast Guard personnel in Clear and Present Danger

• Danny Glover as Detective Mcfee in Witness

• U.S. Navy sailors in The Hunt for Red October

• An armored van robber in Spider-Man

• A hoodlum and Gary Busey as Mr. Joshua in Lethal Weapon

• John Carroll Lynch as Sheriff Ryan in Gothika

• A Prisoner Transport Bus Guard in The Fugitive

• Prisoner Transport Flight guards, local civilians, and N.Y.P.D. officers in U.S. Marshals

• Stuart Wilson as Doctor Robin Hatcher in Hot Fuzz

• State Troopers, Sheriff's Deputies, Prison Guards and Police in The Blues Brothers

• Ryan Phillippe as Parker and Benicio del Toro as Longbaugh in The Way of the Gun

• Pregnant woman in Thursday

• U.S. Navy sailors in Crimson Tide

• Kevin Dillon as Bunny in Platoon

• Ice Cube as James 'Desolation' Williams in Ghosts of Mars

• Larenz Tate in Dead Presidents (custom short version)

• Clint Eastwood as FBI Agent Terry McCaleb in Blood Work

• Dirk Hunter as Harrison in Undead

• William Fichtner as The Bank Manager in The Dark Knight

• Heath Ledger as Joker in The Dark Knight

• Daniel Auteuil as Inspector Schneider in MR 73 (2008)

• Fisher Stevens as Vince Latello in My Science Project (1985)

• Philippe Nahon as Inspector Subral in MR 73 (2008)
• Hugh Jackman as Van Helsing in Van Helsing (Sawed off, Mocked up to look more gothic)

• Gang Member in State of Grace

• Mr. Smith's minion and Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack.

• Wing Kong gang member in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

• Marco Rodríguez as The Supermarket Killer in Cobra (1986) (sawn off)

• Nick Nolte as Jack Benteen and Luis Contreras as Lupo in Extreme Prejudice (1987)

• Martin Sheen as Kit in Badlands (1973)

• FBI Agents in In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders (1988)

• Tommy Lee Jones as Dave Robicheaux in In the Electric Mist (2009)

• Brett Wagner as Jesse in The Crazies (2010)

• Denzel Washington as Eli in The Book of Eli (2010) (sawn off)

• Abbie Cornish as Sweet Pea in Sucker Punch (2011)

• Galyn Görg as Angie in RoboCop 2 (Modified short-barrel version)

• One of Cain's thugs in RoboCop 2 (full-size standard stock with extended mag tube)

• One of Cain's thugs in RoboCop 2 (short-barrel with pistol grip)

Television

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

• 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

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

• 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)

• Zombie Master

• Zombie Panic Source (with pistol grip)

• Medal of Honor (2010)

• Homefront (Model 870 Express ShurShot Synthetic Cantilever)

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
Dirk Hunter	Constable Harrison	Undead		2003

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
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

• Used by Mack in The Unit

• Mitch Pileggi as the "Road Warrior" killer in Criminal Minds (Sawed Off)

• Sorrell Booke as Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazzard, The (TV series)

• Blue Murder

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

• 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

See Also

• Norinco 982 - Chinese clone of the Remington 870

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