This article, "Tops In the Blind & Field: The Remington 870," appeared originally in the September 2003 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page ...

Smallbores are in right now, and 20 gauge shotguns ... it’s a burden. The gun does come with five choke tubes and retails for $699. It’s a great value. The Remington 870 returns to its former ...

One of the most popular pump shotguns ... 870 Express guns were not what they used to be. When I spoke to RemArms, they billed the Fieldmaster—offered in 12- and 20-gauge—as a reasonably priced pump ...

Ray Crittendon, Phillip Haskell, Ellis Hailston, and G.E. Pinckney—designed the Remington ... The 870 patterns proved it could kill a turkey at 70 with every TSS shotshell and Winchester Longbeard. “I ...

The Remington Model 870 pump-action shotgun first hit the market in 1950 ... I also eventually purchased a 20-gauge 870 Express that has a 26-inch vent-rib barrel and screw-in chokes.

Introduced in 1950, the Remington Model 870 ... gauge versions were added in 1969 on receivers specifically scaled for those diminutive shotshells. Southpaws got their own 870s in 12 and 20 ...