Overview
If GTA has a default shotgun, this is it. The Pump Shotgun is the plain, reliable close-range gun that has turned up in essentially every game in the series — no drum, no select-fire, no gimmick, just a tube-fed pump-action that trades rate of fire for a heavy single hit. It is usually one of the first shotguns a player can buy or find, and its real-world template, the Remington 870, is just as much of a default in the world outside the game.
Honest note: Rockstar has published no GTA 6 weapon figures — treat any specific number you see elsewhere as a guess.
Character & Behaviour
The Pump Shotgun is the baseline every other shotgun in GTA is measured against: devastating in a hallway or a car-to-car ambush, near-useless past a short distance, and slow to cycle between shots. It rewards a player who commits to closing distance rather than trading fire at range. Its exact GTA 6 spread, pellet count, capacity and damage are unknown — Rockstar has released none of those numbers.
What We Know for GTA 6
Rockstar has not singled out a Pump Shotgun in GTA 6 media, though shotguns broadly were shown; treat the specific model as expected.
How to Obtain
Unconfirmed for GTA 6. As the series' entry-level shotgun it has historically been cheap and available early — an Ammu-Nation staple in the HD-era games — but no GTA 6 price, store, spawn point or unlock has been announced, so this page lists none.
History in the GTA Series
The pump-action shotgun is one of the most consistent fixtures in the whole franchise — it has appeared, in one form or another, across the 2D era, the 3D-universe games (III, Vice City, San Andreas) and the HD-universe games (IV and V). It is rarely the flashiest weapon in any given title, which is exactly the point: it is the dependable close-range tool players reach for when they do not need anything special. In GTA V it sits at the bottom of the shotgun tier as the cheapest, most basic option, with the Bullpup, Assault and Heavy shotguns layered above it.
Real-World History
The Pump Shotgun's real-world template, the Remington Model 870, is the best-selling shotgun in history. Introduced in 1950 as a modern, less expensive replacement for Remington's older Model 31, it was the fourth in a line of Remington pump guns and was engineered to be simple to strip, maintain and mass-produce. It worked: Remington passed two million units by 1973, three million by 1983 — by which point it already held the all-time sales record — and more than eleven million have now been built at the Ilion, New York plant.
Its design is the textbook pump-action: a bottom-loading, side-ejecting steel receiver, a tube magazine under the barrel, and twin action bars that the shooter racks by hand to eject a spent shell and chamber the next. That rugged, almost foolproof mechanism is why the 870 became standard issue for countless police departments and a fixture in military service from Vietnam onward — and why it is the shotgun film and game makers reach for by default when they want one that simply reads as "a shotgun."
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Pump Shotgun confirmed for GTA 6?
No. Rockstar has not shown it in any trailer, screenshot or leak. Its inclusion is an expectation based on GTA history, not a confirmed fact.
What are the Pump Shotgun's stats in GTA 6?
Unknown. Rockstar has not published damage, fire rate, capacity, range or any other numbers for GTA 6 weapons. Any site quoting exact figures is guessing.
What is the Pump Shotgun based on?
It is modelled on pump-action shotguns (Remington 870-style). That real-world basis is the reliable part — the in-game performance is not yet known.
How much does the Pump Shotgun cost or how do you get it?
Not confirmed. No GTA 6 price, shop, spawn point or unlock has been announced, so this page does not list one.
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Last updated May 31, 2026. For the full database, visit our Weapons Wiki Database.