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Winchester Model 1200/1300
The Winchester Model 1200 is an American pump-action shotgun first offered to the public in 1964. Originally designed as a cheaper replacement for the Winchester Model 12, it was also used by US Marines and US Army soldiers in Vietnam, as a supplement to the Ithaca Model 37s and Remington 870s. It was a successful design and was also produced in a police "Riot" model for many law enforcement agencies across the United States. Though the shotgun was well-received, Winchester wanted to develop a lower-cost shotgun that would cut into the market of Remington and Mossberg. The Winchester Model 1200 was one of the models to be phased out when the U.S. Repeating Arms Company acquired Winchester from Olin in 1980. The 1200 eventually ceased all production by 1981 and ceded the pump shotgun line to the Model 1300.
The Winchester Model 1300 shotgun first appeared in 1978 as an "economy" version of the 1200 and ultimately took over the pump-action shotgun line for Winchester in 1981 when the 1200 was discontinued. In addition to the hunting/sporting variations, the Model 1300 has been sold worldwide as the Tactical Police model, Slug Hunter, Marine, and Stainless Security version. The Model 1300 was discontinued in 2006, when the U.S. Repeating Arms Company went bankrupt and its New Haven, Connecticut, USA factory was closed by parent company FN. In 2010, production began on a new Model 1300-based shotgun, the Winchester SXP (Super X Pump), which is currently produced in Turkey.
The difference between the 1200 and the 1300: The external differences between the 1200 and 1300 are minimal, with most the changes being to the furniture and finish. The Winchester Model 1200 has a deep factory blued receiver and barrel. Its action is heavier and harder to use than the updated Model 1300. The Model 1300's internals were re-designed and is now considered a "fast action pump shotgun" (lighter weight materials and design make it very easy to rack) and it is coated with a proprietary non-glare finish and uses both steel and composite materials in its construction. Both the Model 1200 and the Model 1300 were released in a hunting version (longer barrel and limited shell capacity for legal hunting limit) and the "Defender" version, which is the riot, self defense, and combat shooting variant, with longer tubes for expanded capacity and shorter (20" and 18") tactical barrels.
Historical Usage: Films make mistakes all the time. However, as a rule of thumb, the Model 1200 was correct for the Vietnam War and was used in small numbers from 1968 to 1969 (along with Remington 870s and Ithaca 37s) by Special Forces units and United States Army soldiers and Marines in the war zone. The Model 1200 remained in the U.S. inventory for limited use until the early 1980s. The Model 1300 is correct for any film occurring after 1981, and by that time, the 1200 was no longer being produced.
For information on how to tell the Winchester Model 1300 apart from Remington and Mossberg shotguns, please visit the 12 Gauge Pump Shotgun page.
Specifications
(1965 - Present)
Type: Shotgun
Caliber: 12-gauge, 16-gauge, 20-gauge
Capacity: 4,5,6,7 shells in underbarrel tube magazine
Fire Modes: Single shot (pump-action)
The Winchester Model 1200/1300 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent City | Charles Bronson | Jeff Heston | 1200 | 1970 |
| Companeros | Jack Palance | John | Model 1200 or 120 | 1970 |
| The Mechanic | Charles Bronson | Bishop | 1972 | |
| The Mechanic | Jan-Michael Vincent | Steve | 1972 | |
| Mr. Majestyk | Charles Bronson | Vince Majestyk | 1200 | 1973 |
| Mr. Majestyk | Paul Koslo | Bobby Kopas | 1974 | |
| Street Law | Franco Nero | Carlo Antonelli | Sawed-off stock, muzzle brake | 1974 |
| Deadly Circuit (Mortelle randonnée) | Isabelle Adjani | Catherine Leiris | Deer Slug with sawn-off barrel | 1983 |
| The Outsider (Le Marginal) | Jean-Roger Milo | A guard | Sawn-off Deer Slug | 1983 |
| The Outsider (Le Marginal) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Commissaire Jordan | Sawn-off Deer Slug | 1983 |
| Once Upon A Time In America | Bank Guards | 1984 | ||
| Dog Day (Canicule) | Jean Carmet | Socrate | Model 1300 | 1984 |
| Ninja III: The Domination | Phoenix PD officers | Model 1300 | 1984 | |
| Double Trouble (Non c'è due senza quattro) | Mercenaries | Model 1200 Combat | 1984 | |
| Death Wish 3 | Gang Members | 1985 | ||
| Hold-Up | Montreal police | 1985 | ||
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | U.S. Marines | Combat model, with woodland camouflage bandolier sling | 1986 | |
| Let Sleeping Cops Lie (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort) | Alain Delon | Commissaire Grindel | Model 1200 Defender | 1988 |
| Picasso Trigger | Various thugs | Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip | 1988 | |
| Road House | Anthony De Longis | Ketchum | 1989 | |
| Laser Mission | Ernest Borgnine | Professor Braun | extended magazine tube | 1989 |
| Jannie Wienand | Henchman | |||
| Thieves | ||||
| Security guards | ||||
| Night of the Living Dead (1990) | Militia members | 1990 | ||
| Guns | Chuck McCann | Abe | Model 1200 Mariner | 1990 |
| Tremors (1990) | Reba McEntire | Heather Gummer | 1990 | |
| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Mickey Rourke | Harley | Model 1300 Defender | 1991 |
| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Big John Studd | Jack Daniels | Model 1300 Defender | 1991 |
| Samurai Cop | Johnny | 1991 | ||
| Past Midnight | Guy Boyd | Todd Canipe | Model 1200 | 1991 |
| Passenger 57 | police officers | 1992 | ||
| Hard Hunted | Sheriff | Model 1200 Police | 1992 | |
| Eric Brahms | Smuggler | Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip and camouflaged forestock | ||
| Enemy Gold | Thug | Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip | 1993 | |
| Suzi Simpson | Becky Midnite | |||
| Fit to Kill | A robber | Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip | 1993 | |
| The Chase | San Diego Police | 1994 | ||
| There Once Was a Cop | Ladislav Potmesil | Maj. Václav Mainser | Model 1300 Defender | 1995 |
| Rudolf Hrusínský Jr. | Pathologist Slavíček | |||
| Bank robbers | ||||
| Village of the Damned | State Trooper | 1995 | ||
| Silent Hunter | Jason Cavalier | Dewey | With extended magazine tube, pistol grip and saddle shell holder | 1995 |
| Destination Vegas | Jennifer Sommerfeld | Missy | Model 1300 with extended magazine tube | 1995 |
| Destination Vegas | Claude Duhamel | Texas | Model 1300 with extended magazine tube | 1995 |
| From Dusk Till Dawn | henchman | pistol grip | 1996 | |
| All That Is Tender (Tot, kto nezhnee) | Mercenaries | Model 1300 Defender w/ synthetic furniture | 1996 | |
| Bopesh Zhandayev | Danesh | Model 1300 Defender | ||
| Farkhad Abdraimov | Farkhad-Tolstyy | Model 1300 Ranger | ||
| Heaven's Prisoners | Kelly Lynch | Annie Robicheaux | Field version | 1996 |
| Day of the Warrior | Richard Cansino | J.P. | Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip | 1996 |
| Day of the Warrior | Warrior's henchman | Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip | 1996 | |
| Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball | A robber | 1997 | ||
| There Once Was a Cop II: Major Maisner Strikes Again! | A bank robber | Model 1300 Defender | 1997 | |
| Return to Savage Beach | Ken Meeks | "Cycle Bandit" | Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip | 1998 |
| Fara | Seen in the gun shop, Model 1300 Defenders w/ both wooden and synthetic furniture | 1998 | ||
| From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money | Bo Hopkins | Sheriff Watson | 1999 | |
| Robert Patrick | Buck | |||
| The Corruptor | Mark Wahlberg | NYPD Detective Danny Wallace | 1999 | |
| Diplomatic Siege | Peter Weller | Steve Mitchell | Model 1300 with extended tube and pistol grip | 1999 |
| Serbian terrorists | ||||
| There Once Was a Cop III: Major Maisner a Dancing Dragon | Honor guard | Model 1300 Defender | 1999 | |
| Straight Shooter | Counter-terrorism unit | 1999 | ||
| X-Men | Police officers | Standard and high-capacity magazine tubes | 2000 | |
| April (Aprel) | Viktor Terelya | Grigoriy | 2001 | |
| April (Aprel) | Dmitriy Bobrov | "Vodolaz" | 2001 | |
| April (Aprel) | Denis Burgazliev | Vladimir Derkach | 2001 | |
| April (Aprel) | Aleksandr Nazarov | Doctor Mertsalov | 2001 | |
| Knockaround Guys | Tom Noonan | Sheriff Stan Decker | 2002 | |
| Knockaround Guys | Shawn Doyle | Deputy Donny Ward | 2002 | |
| Narc | Ray Liotta | Oak | 2002 | |
| Undercover Brother | Dave Chappelle | Conspiracy Brother | 2002 | |
| Highwaymen | Frankie Faison | Det. Will Macklin | 1300 | 2004 |
| 36th Precinct | Policeman | 1300 | 2004 | |
| Saw | 1300; mounted in quadruple shotgun hallway trap; continuity error | 2004 | ||
| Sin City | Old Town Prostitutes | 2005 | ||
| The Business | Danny Dyer | Frankie | deleted scene | 2005 |
| Tamer Hassan | Charlie | |||
| Divergence | Gallen Law | Yiu Tin Chung | Model 1300 with pistol grip | 2005 |
| Abominable | Rex Linn | Billy Hoss | 2006 | |
| Slither | Elizabeth Banks | Starla Grant | 2006 | |
| Nathan Fillion | Captain Bill Pardy | |||
| Mercenary for Justice | Michael K. Williams | Samuel Kay | Model 1300 with extended tube and pistol grip | 2006 |
| Hot Fuzz | Nick Frost | Danny Butterman | 2007 | |
| Stuart Wilson | Robin Hatcher | |||
| Skinwalkers | Natassia Malthe | Sonja | 2007 | |
| Skinwalkers | Rhona Mitra | Rachel | 2007 | |
| Skinwalkers | Matthew Knight | Timothy | 2007 | |
| We Own the Night | Russian mobsters | 2007 | ||
| Max Payne | Mark Wahlberg | Max Payne | 2008 | |
| Cold Prey II | Ingrid Bolsø Berdal | Jannicke | 2008 | |
| Cold Prey II | Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik | Camilla | 2008 | |
| Cold Prey II | Robert Follin | The Mountain Man | 2008 | |
| Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch (Kurt Josef Wagle og legenden om fjordheksa) | Jeppe Beck Laursen | Burt Erik Johansen | 2010 | |
| Kristoffer Joner | Gregor Hykkerud | |||
| Stig Frode Henriksen | Kurt Josef Wagle | |||
| The Town | Dennis McLaughlin | Rusty | 2010 | |
| Machete | Cheech Marin | Padre | Model 1200 | 2010 |
| Mitchell Lance Adams | Patrolman #2 | Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip and extended magazine tube | ||
| Restaurant workers | ||||
| The Heineken Kidnapping | St. Martin militia member | extended tube | 2011 | |
| Rebellion | GIGN operators | 2011 | ||
| A Gang Story (Les Lyonnais) | French police | 2011 | ||
| The Baytown Outlaws | Model 1200 Police, in gun rack and in arsenal | 2012 | ||
| Zulu | Forest Whitaker | Ali Sokhela | Model 1300 with sawn off stock | 2013 |
| Machete Kills | Marko Zaror | Zaror | Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip and extended magazine tube | 2013 |
| Emmy Robbin | Pris | |||
| The Last Witch Hunter | seen in the Kaulder's armory | Model 1300 | 2015 | |
| Butterfly (Motylyok) | Layma Irbis | Klimova | Model 1300 with pistol grip | 2017 |
| Alyona Babenko | Lera | |||
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Mackenzie Davis | Grace | Model 1300 with extended magazine tube | 2019 |
| Block Z | Dimples Romana | Bebeth | 2020 | |
| Eternals | Amazon villager | w/black synthetic furniture and extended magazine tube | 2021 | |
| Barry Keoghan | Druig | |||
| Salma Hayek | Ajak | |||
| Halloween Kills | Andi Matichak | Allyson Nelson | cut-down | 2021 |
| Arisaka | Apollo Abraham | Kong | 1300 | 2021 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Vice | Don Johnson | Detective Sgt. James "Sonny" Crockett | "Redemption in Blood" (S05E01) | 1984-1989 |
| Nestor Burma - Season 2 | Police | Extended tube / "Du Rebecca rue des Rosiers" (S2E3) | 1993 | |
| The X-Files - Season 3 | Extended mag-tube, seen on police station gun rack / "Syzygy" (S3E13) | 1996 | ||
| Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei | SEK Officers | 1996 - | ||
| Medicopter 117 | bandit | (S2E07) | 1999 | |
| The Sopranos | Pussy | From Where to Eternity | 1999-2007 | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2000 - | |||
| Trailer Park Boys | Michael Jackson | Trevor | Model 1300 with extended magazine tube and pistol grip (S01E06) | 2001 - |
| John Dunsworth | Officer Lahey | Model 1200 long barrel (S07E10) | ||
| Patrick Roach | Randy | Model 1300 with extended magazine tube (S07E10) | ||
| Firefly | Nathan Fillion | Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds | "Safe" (S1E05), nickel plated | 2002 |
| Adam Baldwin | Jayne Cobb | "Heart of Gold" (S1E13), nickel plated | 2003 | |
| Frank Riva - Season 1 | Police | Extended magazine tube | 2003 | |
| Frank Riva - Season 2 | A guard in Herrera's estate | Extended magazine tube | 2004 | |
| Supernatural - Season 2 | Blu Mankuma | Doctor Jennings | Extended magazine tube / "Simon Said" (S2E05) | 2006 |
| Supernatural - Season 4 | With pistol grip / "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester" (S4E02) | 2008 | ||
| Supernatural - Season 5 | Michael Shanks | Rob | With pistol grip / "99 Problems" (S5E17) | 2010 |
| Supernatural - Season 6 | Jared Padalecki | Sam Winchester | With pistol grip / "Clap Your Hands If You Believe" (S6E09) | 2010 |
| Haven | Lucas Bryant | Detective Nathan Wuornos | 2010 - | |
| Haven | Emily Rose | Audrey Parker | "Fur" (S1E06) | 2010 |
| Falling Skies - Season 1 | Winchester Model 1200 Defender and Ranger Models | 2011 | ||
| Falling Skies - Season 2 | Colin Cunningham | John Pope | Winchester 1300 Fitted with Pistol Grip | 2012 |
| Defiance | Lawmaker's deputy | 2013 | ||
| Stranger Things - Season 4 | Natalia Dyer | Nancy Wheeler | "Chapter Nine: The Piggyback" (S4E09) | 2022 |
| The Continental: From the World of John Wick | Model 1200, seen in armory; "Brothers in Arms" (S1E01) | 2023 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred to as | Mods | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Nukem 3D | With front and rear Tacstar pistol grips and heat-shield | Reversed model | 1996 | |
| Eternal Darkness | 2001 | |||
| Max Payne | 2001 | |||
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | W1200 | Heat shield, ghost ring sight, optional red dot sight or forend pistol grip | Stockless model used by some NPC's | 2007 |
| Modern Warfare 2 | W1200 | Heat shield and ghost ring sight | Not used in regular game | 2009 |
| Alan Wake | Pump-action Shotgun | Model 1300 Defender | Incorrect 8-round capacity | 2010 |
| Duke Nukem Forever | With front and rear Tacstar pistol grips and heat-shield | Reversed model | 2011 | |
| State of Decay | "1300 Hunter" | ribbed barrel | 1300 Ranger | 2013 |
| "1300 Hunter SP" | ribbed barrel | 1300 Ranger, camouflage | ||
| "1300 Defender" | extended magazine and rifle sights from a Deer Slug version |
Anime
| Show Title | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jujutsu Kaisen 0 | Female sorcerer | 2021 |
Notes
Despite the fact that 'guns of the world' website claims that the Winchester 1300 was introduced in 1981 (http://world.guns.ru/shotgun/sh05-e.htm), Winchester's own manual claims that the shotgun was introduced in 1978.
See Also
- Winchester Repeating Arms - A list of all firearms manufactured by Winchester Repeating Arms.