I got a 1200 in 1968. I still have it although I don't shoot it anymore. It has never missed a lick. I bought a laminated 1300 turkey gun when they came out and have used it ever since for turkeys and deer. I believe all the 1200's were 2 3/4" and became 1300's when they designed them for 3" shells. Both are full of stamped parts(a sign of the times) and are NOT hand fitted. But they work and thats what matters. My personal opinion is the 1300's are better looking guns than the 1200's.<BR>My mdl. 12's are all steel machined and hand fitted parts and are 10 times the gun that the 1200's & 1300's are. However to make the mdl. 12's now would be cost prohibited due to the hand work involved. That fact alone killed off a lot of the old great designs.
