High Standard Flite King Shotgun Series

High Standard Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model (Catalog # 8113) FLITE KING Shotgun - 12 gauge. The Riot Deluxe Model came with an 18 1/8th inch barrel and rifle sights.

High Standard FLITE KING K-1200 Riot Standard Model (Catalog #8111) - 12 gauge. This is the screen used shotgun, held by Steve McQueen in the film The Getaway (1972).

High Standard K121 Flite King - 12 gauge.

The High Standard FLITE KING shotgun series was manufactured in the sixties and early seventies. But High Standard's quality control began to slip and later models (built by 3rd party manufacturers) began to suffer from parts and metallurgy failures in the field. As a result, High Standard's shotguns were unable to compete with Remington, Winchester, Ithaca and Mossberg and they stopped all together in the mid 1970s. There were a variety of models and model numbers, indicating finish, rifled sights, slug barrels, field version, riot version and either higher end or economy versions. Most High Standard shotguns look very similar despite their different model numbers. Though marked with the High Standard name, many of these shotguns were built by third party manufacturers, both domestic (like Savage or Stevens) or foreign, on license.

The K-1200 Shotgun was the most commonly seen in movies and television. It was introduced in May 1966. Catalog #8104 was the Riot Standard model with riot sights and a 20" barrel. Catalog #8111 was the Riot Standard model with riot sights and an 18 1/8th inch barrel. Catalog #8113 was the Riot Deluxe model with rifle sights and an 18 1/8th inch barrel. Catalog #8116 & #8117 were the Brush deluxe versions (field guns) but with 20" barrels. The other Catalog Numbers #8115-8165 were long barreled hunting and trap/skeet field guns with various features. The K-120 was the same shotgun as the K-1200 (but built by a different subcontractor) and was introduced in 1969. All of the sub-models (and Catalog Numbers) are the same, and they are visually impossible to tell apart without close inspection.

Specifications

(? - Late 1970's)

Type: Shotgun

Caliber: 12, 16, 20, & 28 Gauge, .410 bore

Capacity: 5 shells - Tubular Magazine

Fire Modes: Pump Action

The High Standard FLITE KING Series of Shotguns were seen in the following:

Film

• Angus MacInnes as Fergie in Witness (1985)

• STAR team member in Heaven's Burning (1997) (High Standard Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

• Aaron Stanford as Doug Bukowski in Hills Have Eyes (2006), The (High Standard Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

• Tom Bower as the gas station employee in Hills Have Eyes (2006), The (High Standard Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

• Milla Jovovich as Alice in Resident Evil (Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

• Milla Jovovich as Alice in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

• Steve McQueen as Doc McCoy in The Getaway (1972) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• NYPD in The Park is Mine (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• LAPD and Prison Guards in Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Vigilantes in Foxy Brown (1974) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Pam Grier as Coffy in Coffy (1973) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Tony Goldwynas Bukovsky in Kuffs (1992) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Police in X-Men (2000) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Lincoln Demyanas the warden in White Lightning (1973) (Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

• Ralph Drischellas Farmer Spivey in The Willies (1990) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Prison guard in 48 Hrs. (1982) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Sheriff deputy in The Gauntlet (1977) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Robert DoQuias Sgt. Reed in RoboCop 3 (1993) (Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

• Gang members in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

Television

• The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)

See Also

• Armscor M30 Shotgun: A copy of the High Standard Flite King