M870

The Remington Model 870, known in-game as the, is a Shotgun that uses the 12 gauge Ammunition.

Info
The is one of the most widely used and common Weapons in the game, due to it being one of only seven Shotguns. The gun is comparable to the MP220, which offers a higher rate of fire in exchange for a lower capacity. However, it should be noted that while the MP220 and Saiga-12 do the same damage as they all use 12 gauge buckshot, they do not all have the same DPS, as they all have different rates of fire.

Sound

 * Firing


 * Reloading


 * Swapping To


 * Cycling

Pros

 * Extremely high damage per shot
 * Reloads shots individually
 * Can be quickswitched to offset slow rate of fire
 * Shoots out 9 bullet pelts

Cons

 * Short range, like all Shotguns
 * Poor moving accuracy
 * Horrible standing accuracy
 * Low DPS due to very low rate of fire
 * Long total reload

Strategies

 * Shooting the M870 slows you down for about half of a second, however that can be avoided by Quickswitching to another gun.
 * It should be noted that dual M870s don’t work anymore, as quick-switching from one pump-action Shotgun to another to make it seem like a MP220 now triggers a full cool-down (as of the rivers update). This is the same for M870 + SPAS-12 and dual SPAS-12s.
 * If in a very enclosed space, and all bullets hit the enemy, the M870 can kill an unarmed Player with just one round.

Trivia

 * The sprite for the M870 does not have a pump nor an ejection port. This can be excused by the fact that surviv features very simplistic sprites. It should be noted that the M870's icon is curiously less detailed than other weapons' sprites.
 * The M870 is much rarer than usual in the Woods map.
 * In the early stages of the game, the M870 used to use a larger world image sprite, the same used for the Mosin-Nagant, but the size was shortened.
 * The M870 is one of the few original weapons in the game that did not receive an updated icon image, along with the MP5, though this is subject to change, and is predicted to change at some point.

Rarity
The M870 is a common Shotgun found in Crates, Buildings, and Shipping Containers. It is the most common Shotgun in game (the second most common is the M1100).