R870

"This pump action, short range shotgun has a wide blast radius for incomparable stopping power in close-quarters combat."

- The Arsenal

Overview
The R870 (Remington 870) is a pump-action shotgun that costs 600 GP for 24 hours. It is the most basic (and the cheapest) shotgun available in the Shop, and is currently the cheapest Primary Weapon.

The R870 has a wide spread of fire (making it work better at really close range) but is no longer the fastest firing pump action shotgun. The one thing that ruins the weapon is the horribly long reload rate, which can be counteracted with a fast reloader magazine.

The weapon formerly had no popularity because the M590 Military had more damage per shot. After the 4-29-09 Patch, the Military's firepower was lowered to be as par as the R870, but the rate of fire was raised to make up for the GP difference.

thumb|300px|leftAfter a series of further patches, the M590's firepower was greatly lowered (to the point of being weaker than the R870) was made a rank-restricted item. During that time, this weapon gained much more popularity. Some players even started complaining that the R870 was now overpowering its more expensive competitor, though the reload rate and spread of fire which was maintaining its balancing was noted. Even higher ranking players began ditching the reliable M590 Military for a this shotgun, especially after the last patch lowered the M590's standard magazine to 6, while the R870 kept its 7-round magazine.

The R870 is now one of the most used Shotguns in Combat Arms, and its variants such as the R870 MCS are greatly used since they improve on the R870's downfalls.

Variants

 * R870 SE (GP Rare variant)
 * R870 MCS (NX Standard variant)
 * R870 MCS MOD (NX Rare variant)

Trivia

 * This is the fourth oldest primary weapon in Combat Arms. (1951) The third oldest would be the AK-47 (1947), and the second oldest firearm would be the M1849 Pocket Revolver. The oldest is the Double Barrel, introduced in 1760.
 * A new model of this gun are called Remington 870 express because it has been reworked to channel each round in faster.