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Remington 870

The Remington Model 870 is a U.S.

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-made pump-action shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms Company, Inc.

Remington Arms

Remington Arms is a major American manufacturer of rifles, shotguns, other firearms, revolvers and ammunition. They also license the Remington name to hunting apparel, Arctic Cat ATV's, and other hunting and shooting products manufactured by other companies....
It is widely used by the public for target shooting, hunting, and self-defense. It is also commonly used by U.S. police

Police

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and the U.S. military

Military of the United States

The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified armed forces of the United States. The United States military was first formed by the second Second Continental Congress to defend the new nation against the British Empire in the American Revolutionary War....
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Remington 870 was the fourth major design in a series of Remington pump shotguns. John Pedersen

John Pedersen

John Douglas Pedersen was a prolific Firearm designer who worked for Remington Arms, and later for the Federal government of the United States....
designed the fragile Model 10 (and later the improved model 29). Working with John Browning

John Browning

John Moses Browning , born in Ogden, Utah, was an United States firearms designer who developed many varieties of firearms, Cartridge , and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world....
, Pedersen also helped design the Model 17

Remington Model 17

In 1915 John Browning patented a pump action, hammerless, under-loading, tubular-magazine, bottom-ejecting, take-down shotgun which became the Remington Model 17....
which was adopted by Ithaca as the Ithaca 37

Ithaca 37

The Ithaca 37 is a pump-action shotgun made in large numbers for the civilian, military, and police markets. Also known as the Featherlight, it utilizes a novel combination ejection/loading port on the bottom of the gun which leaves the sides closed to the elements....
and also served as the basis for the Remington 31

Remington model 31

The Remington Model 31 was a slide-action shotgun that competed with the Winchester Model 1912 for the American sporting arms market. Produced from 1931 to 1949, it superseded the John Pedersen-designed model 10 and model 17 and was replaced by the less expensive Remington 870....
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The Remington 870 was the fourth major design in a series of Remington pump shotguns. John Pedersen

John Pedersen

John Browning

Remington Model 17

Ithaca 37

Remington model 31

Winchester Model 1912

The Winchester Repeating Arms Company Model 1912 is a hammerless slide-action, i.e., pump-action, shotgun with an external tube magazine. Popularly-named the Perfect Repeater at its introduction, it largely set the standard for pump action shotguns over its 51 year high-rate production life....
. Remington sought to correct that by introducing in 1950 a modern, streamlined, rugged, reliable, and relatively inexpensive shotgun, the 870 Wingmaster.

Sales of the 870 have been steady. They reached 2 million guns by 1973 (ten times the number of Model 31 shotguns it replaced). By 1996, spurred by the basic "Express" model, sales topped seven million guns. The 870 holds the record for best-selling pump gun in U.S. history.

Design details

The 870 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 action, receiver, trigger system, safety catch and slide release catch of the Remington Model 870 shotgun are similar to those used on the Remington Model 7600

Remington Model 7600 rifle

The Remington Model 7600 is a series of pump-action, centrefire rifles and carbines that are made by Remington Arms. The Model 7600 appears to be a combination of the Remington Model 7400 series Semi-automatic rifle hunting rifle with the action of the Remington 870 series pump-action shotgun, which gives the Model 7600 the appearance of eith...
series pump-action centerfire rifle

Rifle

A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls....
s and carbine

Carbine

A carbine is a firearm similar to a rifle or musket, but generally shorter and of lesser power. Many carbines, especially modern designs, were developed from rifles, being essentially shortened versions of full rifles firing the same ammunition, although often at a lower velocity....
s. 20 gauge stocks will also interchange. Several parts of the 870 will interchange with the semi-automatic Remington 1100

Remington 1100

The Remington 1100 is a gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun, popular among waterfowlers and clay target shooters....
and 11-87

Remington 11-87

The Remington 11-87 is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms. It is based on the Remington 1100 and was first announced in 1987....
. The main competitor of the Remington 870 is the Mossberg 500

Mossberg 500

The Mossberg 500 is a shotgun manufactured by O.F. Mossberg & Sons. Rather than a single model, the 500 is really a series of widely varying hammerless, Pump action shotgun repeaters, all of which share the same basic Receiver and action, but differ in Caliber size, Barrel length, Shotgun#Pattern and choke options, magazine capacity, and "...
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Variants

There are hundreds of variations of the Remington 870. From the original fifteen models offered, Remington currently produces dozens of models for civilian, law enforcement, and military sales. 870 variants can be grouped into:

Wingmaster– Polished bluing
Bluing (steel)

Bluing is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust, and is named after the blue-black appearance of the resulting protective finish....
and glossy wood finishes.
Express – Inexpensive bead-blasted finish and satin wood or synthetic furniture. This model was created to compete with the Mossberg 500
Mossberg 500

The Mossberg 500 is a shotgun manufactured by O.F. Mossberg & Sons. Rather than a single model, the 500 is really a series of widely varying hammerless, Pump action shotgun repeaters, all of which share the same basic Receiver and action, but differ in Caliber size, Barrel length, Shotgun#Pattern and choke options, magazine capacity, and "...
shotgun.
Marine – synthetic stocks and nickel finishes.
Tactical - numerous versions and options intended for military and police markets.
Police Magnum (870P) – high luster blued or parkerized finish and satin wood or synthetic stocks.