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Do any of you guys have experiance with the model 1200 from Winchester? I had a guy at work come up to me today asking about one he found at his local candy store and for once I had nothing for him. Pumps are not my specialty, not that anything is really, and they often fall more under the "tool" catergory than "toy". Besides, I'm a Rem/Moss fan anyway. Well, to make a short story even shorter I gave him a SWAG of what the prices usually are and looking at several auctions it may have been just a tad high; not too much though.
Ready now to give him a more accurate forecast of the value I would like to hear from everyone who has some actual shooting time with one. He seemed to like it and it does seem to be at a good price.
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Hi Andrew, I bought a Winchester 1200 new in 1978. I have never had a bit of trouble from it in 31 years of use. The only drawback of mine is it only uses 2 3/4" shells. In 1978 it cost $169.00. I have no idea what they go for these days.
I have one, they are a good shotgun. Have no idea how many rounds have gone thru it but it just keeps on ticking. I keep it accessable and loaded with #4 buck shot just in case. I wish I had been awakened the night my dog was killed by 2 Rotwilers, I think the outcome would have been very different.
Once upon a time I had one and really liked it. It takes a bit of use to get used to the recoil assist in pumping it. (once fired recoil helps to push the action open) I never had an issue with mine. I traded it for something because of the safety posistion in the front of the trigger guard. It is not really left hand friendly and I couldn't find a left hand button. I just bought a Mossberg 535 pump. I haven't tried the 3 1/2" rounds it it yet and I'm not sure if recoil will be too much.
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Streetstar wrote:I wish i had mine back compared to the Remington 870 i have today
You don't say what the problem with the 870 is but if it is in feeding you might just need to reform that carrier. I understand (and one can see in a side-by-side comparison) that the newer carriers are "flatter" than the older ones which worked better. I was reading that somebody (dang CRS) simply reformed the carrier on a mandrel. Not much reforming is necessary.
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Streetstar wrote:I wish i had mine back compared to the Remington 870 i have today
You don't say what the problem with the 870 is but if it is in feeding you might just need to reform that carrier. I understand (and one can see in a side-by-side comparison) that the newer carriers are "flatter" than the older ones which worked better. I was reading that somebody (dang CRS) simply reformed the carrier on a mandrel. Not much reforming is necessary.
Thx Hobie, i'll check into that! It does not feed very smooth, but has never had a failure. My 870 is a 20" barrelled model with a screw on magazine extension - --- My comparison was to the Winnie with a full length one piece magazine tube, which was smooth as silk. I thought the 2 pc tube was the cause of my woes and never really thought about another possibility until now
I gave my son one in 1994 and he is still using it without any problems. A Model 12 it isn't, but it doesn't sell for Model 12 prices. It is a good, reliable, economic shotgun.
I bought one back in 1969, when I had just got out of the Army and landed a job at Winchester. They gave employee discounts, and were allowing you to buy one of each model per year. I think I gave something like $65 for it, and bought a slug barrel (extra--don't remember the price of spare barrels) as well. Later I bought a 26 inch improved cyl barrel for it. Some years back I gave the whole kit and caboodle to my youngest brother, since I wasn't using this gun much at the time. It's never failed, and never needed gunsmithing. This model had somewhat of a bad rap with gunwriters back in the day, but you couldn't prove it by me. I wish I had it back--it operates a lot smoother than the 870 express that I have now.
Pumps are not my specialty, not that anything is really, and they often fall more under the "tool" catergory than "toy". Besides, I'm a Rem/Moss fan anyway. 
Well, to make a short story even shorter I gave him a SWAG of what the prices usually are and looking at several auctions it may have been just a tad high; not too much though. 
