The most eagerly anticipated new shotgun of 2022—for me at least—isn’t a brand-new gun. It’s the reborn Remington 870. The new Fieldmaster ... The first guns are 3-inch 12-gauge, with ...

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 ...

It’s no secret that 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 that is better ...

Introduced in 1950, the Remington Model 870 Wingmaster was the gun ... 12-ga., 3" magnum. A rifled version, the Model 870 RSS, with rifle sights, came out in 1955. The .410-bore and 28-gauge ...

Remington went back to the drawing board and decided to build a new, more affordable pump based on the action of the 16-gauge 11-48 semi-auto shotgun. That assured the 12-gauge 870 would be lighter.

Back in 2010, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Education purchased 27 new Remington Brand Model 870 police 12-gauge shotguns. Why? The short answer is to replace their old ...