Talk:Winchester Model 1200

comments
Okay, good work so far. Some issues (beyond grammar etc.) Middle two sections sound very much like a "how to" manual, and should sound more like "this is what the weapon is, this is its difference from previous weapons, these are its uses, and these are its controversies." You might include a small section on maintenance and loading if it relates to these other issues. For example, if this model is simpler to maintain, or simpler to load, than the venerable predecessor... needs proper citations. I've done one, sort of, toward the end. You need authors, publications, etc., plus page numbers. If you want to use the named reference template, let me know. See WP:Cite for more instructions on how to cite. What is Olive drab? Is this a para-military group, a group of re-enactors, a supply? What makes them reliable?
 * first issue
 * second issue
 * third issue
 * Make sense? Auntieruth55 (talk) 23:07, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Clarification
This phrase is used verbatim twice in the article: "The Model 1200 is a takedown type of shotgun; meaning that it can be taken apart for easy storage and transportation." Just wondering if its necessary. Also, the term extremities is used once when discussing cleaning the weapon - just checking that this is the right term. Great article! Ragfin (talk) 14:03, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Not only is it not necessary, it's not even true. While the Winchester 1887 and 12 were takedown models, the 1200 series lacks this ability. I have removed this section from the article.75.141.253.81 (talk) 17:06, 21 July 2016 (UTC)Tim

Name
Hi, Shoulden't the page title be Winchester Model 1200, as with Winchester Model 1897, Winchester Model 1912 and most of the others? --Amendola90 (talk) 10:28, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

slanted toward military model
The article reads like it was adapted from a field manual for the military version. Most versions in circulation in the US are the civilian version for hunting and clay target shooting, some home defense use of the extended magazine version, and police use. It was intended to replace the Model 12, which also was used (in declining order of numbers) by hunters, target shooters, police and military. Naaman Brown (talk) 14:03, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

companion to the 1400
The Winchester Model 1200 pump action shotgun was developed in parallel with the Winchester Model 1400 semi-auto shotgun; (Numrich Gun Parts Corp. Firearms Parts Catalog lists a number of parts in common between the two models.) Naaman Brown (talk) 14:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Removed "destruction to prevent capture" info
Had nothing to do with M1200's history, and is nothing more than standard military boilerplate to be found in technical manuals for any piece of equipment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.152.84.99 (talk) 05:45, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Wars
Only two wars are listed: Vietnam and Darfur. Surely a weapon that's so widespread and in US Army inventories as late as the 2000s was used in other wars the US was involved in? Hairy Dude (talk) 01:09, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Criminal use
The Criminal Use section was recently removed with the explanation "This is just a list that doesn't explain the relevance of these crimes or how they impact the firearm in question. As such it's an undue list." I'm not sure why there's an expectation that listed items "impact" the firearm somehow (it's not part of WP:UNDUE), and it's unclear why this would apply to Criminal Use but not the adjacent list of Users. I support including this section as an expansion of our coverage on the topic. –dlthewave ☎ 03:01, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

, how can you possibly claim this is a reasonable list to have in the article? First, none of the listed shootings explain why they are significant with respect to this firearm. You haven't shown WEIGHT per ONUS, you have just restored a list. Now look at the citations here. A number are blogs and other unreliable sources. Some have no source at all. And again, per the long discussion we had here [] I would hope that you get the idea of showing the relevance beyond, "well it was used in that crime". That isn't a standard that has been upheld.
 * 1975 St. Pius X High School shooting
 * 1984 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
 * 2000 Wakefield massacre - 1300
 * 2003 Lockheed Martin shooting
 * 2005 Mayerthorpe tragedy
 * 2006 Capitol Hill massacre - 1300 Defender
 * 2009 Carthage nursing home shooting - 1300
 * 2009 Napier shootings - sawed-off 1300
 * 2012 Toulouse and Montauban shootings
 * 2014 Las Vegas shootings - 1300

Springee (talk) 03:34, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Improved list
Here's a shortened version with improved sourcing:
 * 1984 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre - 1200
 * 2000 Wakefield massacre - 1300
 * 2003 Lockheed Martin shooting - 1200
 * 2006 Capitol Hill massacre - Defender
 * 2014 Las Vegas shootings - 1300

–dlthewave ☎ 17:35, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Why would you use primary sources like the cga.ct.gov sources and also the vpc.org source isnt great either. The CNN source is a passing mention same with semantic. None of those sources establish due weight. Nor do they show any impact on the firearm itself. PackMecEng (talk) 18:05, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Let's get back to the core question. In what way was the use of this commonly available firearm in any of these particular crimes notable with respect to the firearm itself?  Did people call for the additional regulation or banning of the Model 1200 after these crimes?  Were these the guns used in the crime or just happened to be recovered?  Take the Vegas shooting.  Is there any evidence the 1300 was even used?  I mean after that crime there was a lot of talk about AR-15s and the like but not much discussion of shotguns.  Regardless, until weight can be shown with respect to the firearms I'm opposed to this type of content.  Springee (talk) 18:32, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Side note, this article should probably be renamed to include 1300 since that is what the first sentence says the article covers. A number of the cited crimes use the 1300, not 1200. Springee (talk) 18:32, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Some links
https://web.archive.org/web/20100427044015/http://www.winchesterguns.com/customerservice/qna/detail.asp?id=243 winchester timeline

https://modernfirearms.net/en/shotguns/u-s-a-shotguns/winchester-1200-2/

https://modernfirearms.net/en/shotguns/u-s-a-shotguns/winchester-1300-eng/ only slight modifications

https://www.gun-tests.com/shotguns/winchester-1200-defender-12-gauge/

https://tvd.im/small-arms/4966-winchester-model-1200.html 1200 manual

https://gunvalues.gundigest.com/winchester-repeating-arms/model-1300-series/ values/description of 1300 configs

https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=109#specifications

https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=231

http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/FIREARMS/winchester_1200.pdf

https://www.winchesterguns.com/content/dam/winchester-repeating-arms/support/owners-manuals/model1300-manual-om-s.pdf 1300 manual

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1159482#:~:text=Winchester%20Ranger%20Model%20120%20Slide%20Action%20Shotgun%20%7C%20National%20Museum%20of%20American%20History museum item description model 120

https://www.searsguns.com/

https://www.searsguns.com/single-post/2020/08/15/the-ted-williams-model-200-manual

Cinderella157 (talk) 06:25, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Books

https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_History_of_Winchester_Firearms_1866/T-Irz4qHwsQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=winchester+model+1200&pg=PA151&printsec=frontcover recoil reduction system from 1966 plus other details

https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Gun_Trader_s_Guide_Thirty_Fourth_Edition/svRDCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=winchester+model+1200&pg=PA563&printsec=frontcover some 1300 versions

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eWkKYPfhd_gC&pg=PA153&dq=winchester+model+1200&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4nPTCqNb-AhU0mlYBHZuHDdYQ6AF6BAgDEAI#v=onepage&q=winchester%20model%201200&f=false 1200/1300 basically the same

https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Winchester_Shotguns/iG2CDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=winchester+model+1200&pg=PT692&printsec=frontcover basic version of 1200

https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Gun_Trader_s_Guide_Thirty_Sixth_Edition/jSqCDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=winchester+model+1200&pg=RA1-PA397&printsec=frontcover versions

https://gunsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/G1068.pdf recoil reduction system

https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Shooter_s_Bible_and_Gun_Trader_s_Guide_B/RWSCDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=winchester+model+1200&pg=PT3626&printsec=frontcover

https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Winchester_An_American_Legend/5nSCDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=winchester+model+1200&pg=PT835&printsec=frontcover about 12 and 2200 models

Cinderella157 (talk) 11:06, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

https://www.rockislandauction.com/riac-blog/trench-gun-shotguns-for-ferocious-fighting

Cinderella157 (talk) 01:32, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/the-last-trench-gun-the-winchester-1200/

https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/combat-shotguns-of-the-vietnam-war/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aurNniWx0v8 Ranger combo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5dazbwDOuM stripping

https://www.winchesterguns.com/content/dam/winchester-repeating-arms/support/faq/serial-number-reference/winchester-firearm-manufacture-dates.pdf serial numbers 120/1200/1300

Orphaned references in Winchester Model 1200
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Winchester Model 1200's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Jones": From Malta:  From List of equipment of the Royal Brunei Land Forces:  

Reference named "Davis": From United States:  From Algeria:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:35, 11 May 2023 (UTC)