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.
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==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)
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=== 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
Laser Mission 	Jannie Wienand 	Henchman 	extended magazine tube 	1989
Laser Mission 	 	Thieves 	extended magazine tube 	1989
Laser Mission 	 	Security guards 	extended magazine tube 	1989
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
Hard Hunted 	Eric Brahms 	Smuggler 	Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip and camouflaged forestock 	1992
Enemy Gold 	 	Thug 	Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip 	1993
Enemy Gold 	Suzi Simpson 	Becky Midnite 	Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip 	1993
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
There Once Was a Cop 	Rudolf Hrusínský Jr. 	Pathologist Slavíček 	Model 1300 Defender 	1995
There Once Was a Cop 	 	Bank robbers 	Model 1300 Defender 	1995
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
All That Is Tender (Tot, kto nezhnee) 	Bopesh Zhandayev 	Danesh 	Model 1300 Defender 	1996
All That Is Tender (Tot, kto nezhnee) 	Farkhad Abdraimov 	Farkhad-Tolstyy 	Model 1300 Ranger 	1996
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
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money 	Robert Patrick 	Buck 	 	1999
The Corruptor 	Mark Wahlberg 	NYPD Detective Danny Wallace 	 	1999
Diplomatic Siege 	Peter Weller 	Steve Mitchell 	Model 1300 with extended tube and pistol grip 	1999
Diplomatic Siege 	 	Serbian terrorists 	Model 1300 with extended tube and pistol grip 	1999
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
The Business 	Tamer Hassan 	Charlie 	 	2005
Divergence 	Gallen Law 	Yiu Tin Chung 	Model 1300 with pistol grip 	2005
Abominable 	Rex Linn 	Billy Hoss 	 	2006
Slither 	Elizabeth Banks 	Starla Grant 	 	2006
Slither 	Nathan Fillion 	Captain Bill Pardy 	 	2006
Mercenary for Justice 	Michael K. Williams 	Samuel Kay 	Model 1300 with extended tube and pistol grip 	2006
Hot Fuzz 	Nick Frost 	Danny Butterman 	 	2007
Hot Fuzz 	Stuart Wilson 	Robin Hatcher 	 	2007
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
Killshot 	Thomas Jane 	Wayne Colson 	 	2009
Killshot 	Diane Lane 	Carmen Colson 	 	2009
Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch (Kurt Josef Wagle og legenden om fjordheksa)	Jeppe Beck Laursen 	Burt Erik Johansen 	 	2010
Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch (Kurt Josef Wagle og legenden om fjordheksa)	Kristoffer Joner 	Gregor Hykkerud 	 	2010
Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch (Kurt Josef Wagle og legenden om fjordheksa)	Stig Frode Henriksen 	Kurt Josef Wagle 	 	2010
The Town 	Dennis McLaughlin 	Rusty 	 	2010
Machete 	Cheech Marin 	Padre 	Model 1200 	2010
Machete 	Mitchell Lance Adams 	Patrolman #2 	Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip and extended magazine tube 	2010
Machete 	 	Restaurant workers 	Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip and extended magazine tube 	2010
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
Machete Kills 	Emmy Robbin 	Pris 	Model 1300 Defender with pistol grip and extended magazine tube 	2013
The Last Witch Hunter 	 	seen in the Kaulder's armory 	Model 1300 	2015
Butterfly (Motylyok) 	Layma Irbis 	Klimova 	Model 1300 with pistol grip 	2017
Butterfly (Motylyok) 	Alyona Babenko 	Lera 	Model 1300 with pistol grip 	2017
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
Eternals 	Barry Keoghan 	Druig 	w/black synthetic furniture and extended magazine tube 	2021
Eternals 	Salma Hayek 	Ajak 	w/black synthetic furniture and extended magazine tube 	2021
Halloween Kills 	Andi Matichak 	Allyson Nelson 	cut-down 	2021
Arisaka 	Apollo Abraham 	Kong 	1300 	2021
Revolver Lily 	Renji Ishibashi 	Kunimatsu Tsutsui 	1300 	2023
=== 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 -
Trailer Park Boys 	John Dunsworth 	Officer Lahey 	Model 1200 long barrel (S07E10) 	2001 -
Trailer Park Boys 	Patrick Roach 	Randy 	Model 1300 with extended magazine tube (S07E10) 	2001 -
Firefly 	Nathan Fillion 	Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds 	"Safe" (S1E05), nickel plated 	2002
Firefly 	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
Zero Hour (2004) 	 	Roadblock officer 	Model 1300, extended magazine tube and pistol grip 	2004-2006
Zero Hour (2004) 	 	Colombian officer 	Model 1300, extended magazine tube and pistol grip 	2004-2006
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
American Horror Story: Murder House 	Evan Peters 	Tate Langdon 	1300 Defender; "Piggy Piggy" (S1E06), "Smoldering Children" (S1E10) 	2011
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
State of Decay 	"1300 Hunter SP" 	ribbed barrel 	1300 Ranger, camouflage 	2013
State of Decay 	"1300 Defender" 	extended magazine and rifle sights from a Deer Slug version 	 	2013
===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.
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