Remington 870 MCS

"Pump action shotgun. Strong damage and range."

- Description.

The  is a pump-action shotgun that appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It has an eight shell tubular magazine. It was first seen in various Black Ops II multiplayer videos from Gamescom, where it was seen to have a rather large effective range and high damage up close.

Multiplayer
The Remington 870 MCS is the first shotgun to be unlocked at Level 4. It possesses an impressive range, getting one shot kills in close-medium range. It also has a rather quick pump action, but it still has a slower fire rate than most shotguns in the game.

The Long Barrel attachment is an excellent attachment, increasing it's already good range to exceptional ranges for a shotgun. Fast Mags is a good attachment to mitigate it's rather slow reload time, but if you reload in between kills it's not really necessary. None of the optical attachments confer any tangible advantage over the iron sights other than an increase in zoom but as shotguns are only really potent at close range, any additional zoom is unnecessary and sometimes a hindrance at such ranges. The Laser Sight is useful at close range as the spread on the Remington 870 MCS is relatively high compared to its peers which means it's only really effective firing from the hip at point-blank range. The Laser Sight is a good asset to increase the consistency of this shotgun up close but given that aiming down the sights greatly reduces the spread, more so than the laser, it may be best opting for another attachment.

Zombies
In TranZit mode, the Remington 870 MCS is available off the wall in the barn for 1500 points (500 for ammo). It is also available off the outside wall of the building in the survival map Bus Stop. It has a 6 shell capacity, as opposed to its multiplayer 8 shell capacity. It is not as powerful as the Stakeout was, taking two shots at rounds as early as 6. Double Tap is essential for later rounds, because you essentially fire two shots at a time instead of just one. This gun, after the original 5000 point upgrade, can be upgraded in the Pack-a-Punch Machine numerous times for only 2000 points.

Attachments

 * Reflex Sight (unlocked weapon level 2)
 * Long Barrel (unlocked weapon level 3)
 * Fast Mag (unlocked weapon level 4)
 * Laser Sight (unlocked weapon level 5)
 * Adjustable Stock (unlocked weapon level 6)
 * Suppressor (unlocked weapon level 7)
 * Extended Clip (unlocked weapon level 8)
 * Quickdraw Handle (unlocked weapon level 9)
 * MMS (unlocked weapon level 10)