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$4500 Remington 870 by Laser Products Corporation (LPC) from early 1980s. Laser Products Corporation (LPC) out in CA later became Surefire. At that time this was the latest tech of integrated red laser being mounted to the mag tube of the shotgun, hardwire to the receiver all the way back to the stock where a large rechargeable battery was held. The stock has a trap door on the back where this battery can be remove.
Some History on the LPC 87S
Use by LAPD and the 1984 OlympicsLAPD (and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) acquired these laser 870s for their anti-terrorist/SWAT-type units. They were carried during security operations for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. A Hollywood prop master noticed the lasers on the police shotguns at the Games and contacted LPC. That led directly to the custom laser fitted to the AMT Hardballer Longslide .45 used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984). Both the Olympics exposure and the movie appearance significantly raised LPC’s profile.Production and LegacyProduction numbers are not publicly documented, but these were low-volume specialty items sold almost exclusively to law enforcement. Estimates for the related LPC Model 16 (laser AR-15/M16) are only a few dozen units; the 870 versions were similarly limited.
By the mid-1980s LPC began developing weapon-mounted flashlights (partly in response to police requests for better shotgun illumination). The “SureFire” brand name appeared around 1985 for the lights, and the company fully rebranded as SureFire LLC around 2000. Modern SureFire still makes high-end lights and lasers, but the original bulky helium-neon systems are long obsolete.
Surviving examples of the original laser 870s are rare collector pieces. Later LPC/SureFire products for the 870 (such as integrated forend lights like the Model 618FA) are more commonly encountered on the secondary market and are distinct from the early laser systems.In short, the LPC laser 870s (“87s”) were pioneering low-light aiming tools that helped launch the modern tactical laser and weapon-light industry, with a notable role in 1984 Olympics security and popular culture.
No surviving company records, ATF production reports, or collector references give a precise total for the 870-based versions. Given the technology’s bulk, cost, and niche law-enforcement market in the early 1980s, the number made was almost certainly very small—most likely in the low dozens overall rather than hundreds.
$4500 Remington 870 by Laser Products Corporation (LPC) from early 1980s. Laser Products Corporation (LPC) out in CA later became Surefire. At that time this was the latest tech of integrated red laser being mounted to the mag tube of the shotgun, hardwire to the receiver all the way back to the stock where a large rechargeable battery was held. The stock has a trap door on the back where this battery can be remove.
Some History on the LPC 87S
Use by LAPD and the 1984 OlympicsLAPD (and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) acquired these laser 870s for their anti-terrorist/SWAT-type units. They were carried during security operations for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. A Hollywood prop master noticed the lasers on the police shotguns at the Games and contacted LPC. That led directly to the custom laser fitted to the AMT Hardballer Longslide .45 used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984). Both the Olympics exposure and the movie appearance significantly raised LPC’s profile.Production and LegacyProduction numbers are not publicly documented, but these were low-volume specialty items sold almost exclusively to law enforcement. Estimates for the related LPC Model 16 (laser AR-15/M16) are only a few dozen units; the 870 versions were similarly limited.
By the mid-1980s LPC began developing weapon-mounted flashlights (partly in response to police requests for better shotgun illumination). The “SureFire” brand name appeared around 1985 for the lights, and the company fully rebranded as SureFire LLC around 2000. Modern SureFire still makes high-end lights and lasers, but the original bulky helium-neon systems are long obsolete.
Surviving examples of the original laser 870s are rare collector pieces. Later LPC/SureFire products for the 870 (such as integrated forend lights like the Model 618FA) are more commonly encountered on the secondary market and are distinct from the early laser systems.In short, the LPC laser 870s (“87s”) were pioneering low-light aiming tools that helped launch the modern tactical laser and weapon-light industry, with a notable role in 1984 Olympics security and popular culture.
No surviving company records, ATF production reports, or collector references give a precise total for the 870-based versions. Given the technology’s bulk, cost, and niche law-enforcement market in the early 1980s, the number made was almost certainly very small—most likely in the low dozens overall rather than hundreds.
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