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).

The somewhat obscure High Standard FLITE KING shotgun series was manufactured in the sixties and early seventies. It gained a reputation for being economical and rugged. 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:

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

Capacity: 5 shells - Tubular Magazine

Fire Modes: Single (Pump Action)

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

Film

• Taken from a patrol car by Alice (Milla Jovovich) in Resident Evil (Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

• Used by Alice (Milla Jovovich) inResident Evil: Apocalypse (Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

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

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

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

• Used by Vigilantes impersonating Police in Foxy Brown (1974) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

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

• Used by Bukovsky (Tony Goldwyn) in Kuffs (1992) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Used by Police outside the train station in X-Men (2000) (Model K-1200 Riot Standard Model)

• Used by Lincoln Demyan in White Lightning (1973) (High Standard Model K-1200 Riot Deluxe Model)

Television

• The Dukes of Hazzard(TV series)