Winchester Model 1200/1300

The Winchester Model 1300 shotgun first appeared in 1978. It was an updated shotgun inspired by the Winchester model 1200 (which debuted in 1964 and completely ended production in 1980). The Winchester Model 1200 had a deep factory blued receiver and barrel. It's action was heavier and 'harder to use' than the updated Model 1300. The Model 1300 is considered a 'fast action pump shotgun' and it is coated with a proprietary non-glare finish and uses both steel and composite materials in it's 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 was the riot, self defense, combat shooting variant, with longer tubes for expanded capacity and shorter (20" and 18") tactical barrels.

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.

For information on how to tell the Winchester Model 1300 apart from Remington and Mossberg shotguns, please visit the 12 Gauge Pump Shotgun page.

The Model 1200 was correct for the Vietnam War and was used (along with Remington 870s and Ithaca 37s) by special ops units and soldiers walking point in the war zone. The Model 1300 is correct for any film occurring after 1979.

The Winchester Model 1200/1300 shotgun has appeared in the following films and television series used by the following actors:

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Winchester Model 1300 - .12 ga

Winchester M1300 with extended tube & rubber Butt pad

Winchester M1300 with extended tube and pistol grip

Film

• Vin Diesel as DEA Agent Sean Vetter in A Man Apart

• The restaurant robber in Light It Up

• State Trooper in Village of the Damned (1995)

• Simon Pegg as Sgt. Nicholas Angel and Nick Frost as Constable Danny Butterman in Hot Fuzz

• Elizabeth Banks as Starla Grant and Nathan Fillion as Captain Bill Pardy in Slither

Television

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Video games

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

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.