Winchester 1200....cleaning it.

[Outlaws]

I am trying to clean this thing real good because I know it hasn't been clean since at the very least 1994, and that would have only been the bore if anything. Its my dads and he got it around '70-'73. (side note: what year did Winchester switch to the model 1300?)

Anyways, I have the slides forearm off (the wood, not the mechanism), the barrel off, and the tube spring out. I am wonder how to go about disassembling the action. It looks like the only thing that is could be is a pin above the trigger?

Any help would be great. I haven't found a thing on Google.

[Hoppy590]

here you go my good man

http://www.survivalprimer.com/PaulsGuns/12_gauge_winchester_model_1200_r.htm

( the pictures suck, but the text should help. just remember how you took it apart. if need be take pictures along the way and we can make a "service guide" for others who may need it!)

[Outlaws]

Thanks for the link. I just might do that service guide.

[Lee Lapin]

The Army TM (technical manual) for the Model 1200 Riot Gun is online at http://www.bowtools.com/Articles/Gun_Manuals/tm9100530314/ , if you have Adobe downloaded you can view it easily. If not, Adobe is free software. And the owner's manual for the 1300 is online at http://www.bowtools.com/Articles/Gun_Manuals/winchester_model1300_manual.pdf as well, the two designs are very similar IIRC. It too requires Adobe to read.

And there's an exploded drawing identifying part numbers at http://www.urban-armory.com/diagrams/win1200.htm if you ever break anything.

hth,

lpl/nc

[xtarheel]

Thanks for posting the link to the Army field manual.

I have a Sears Model 200 pump which is a 1200 except for not having the "V" cut at the back of the receiver. I was working part time at Sears in the sporting goods department when one was returned because the adjustible choke was not concentric with the bore. We gave the customer a new one and I bought this one for $25. I went over to the hardware dept and took a pipe cutter and cut the barrel down to 18 1/4". I then ordered a 28" modified barrel for it for hunting. That was 34 years ago.

I have always wondered, what is the difference between a 1200, and a 1300?

[Outlaws]

Well I got it. I didn't do the trigger assembly, but one day I will clean that good.

I went ahead and documented it with pictures. I am gonna add text in a little while. I think I am gonna do a few more for my rifles and handguns.
http://www.battletone.com/guns I went ahead and made one for my P90 too. :D

[Hoppy590]

awesome. thats the high road way.:cool:

[azflyman]

Outlaws - Great pics and instruction. You have fine taste in pistols as well. I love my P90DC, it just fits me perfect and will cycle anything it is fed.

az

[2ND time]

I have a 1300 and I am no expert! The only difference I see from the picture's ( great job btw ) is that after you remove the barel slideing the forestock ahead, slides everything out without removeing any screws and no pin.

[Outlaws]

Thanks. I have always wanted to do that I just needed a little motivation. Well, that and I was scared a Model 94 incident would happen again. (thats where I was cleaning my Model 94 and looked towards the TV and almost everything inside it fell out onto the ground and I had ZERO idea what it was supposed to looked like inside.)

[XavierBreath]

I have always wondered, what is the difference between a 1200, and a 1300?Two & 3/4 shells vs three inch shells.

[desoto]

You can download factory owners manuals (with disassembly instructions) for many Winchester firearms in PDF format directly fom their website:http://www.winchesterguns.com/prodinfo/om/index.asp

[Grayrock]

The factory manuals you can download only cover removing the barrel and trigger group. They show no further disassembly :( Outlaw's expose is awesome.

[Grayrock]

Just finished cleaning the innards of my gun with the help of Outlaws excellent instructions. It went through a fire in my parents attic. A little CLP and steel wool and the soot is gone. Almost looks like new. Now if I could just figure out how to get a plug in it and what choke it is, I'd be all set.

[Grayrock]

Mine is the Sears version 1200 (Ted Williams Model 200). Anyone know how to tell what choke is in the barrel? Could not find any markings.

[evan price]

(Old thread, I know)

Xavier, my Win 1200 is chambered for 2 3/4" & 3" shells. So the 1300 is not the only one.