Manufacturer Question

[stevelyn]

I'm looking for a shotgun to use as a basis for building into the ultimate personal duty/tactical/HD shotgun. In doing research for my base gun I went to the FN website and was checking out the standard police model.
It suspiciously looks like a Winchester 1300 Defender and is described as having a rotating bolt and a fast, inertia assisted action.
Is the 1300 Defender and FN Standard Police Model the same gun or are they different just with similar features?
Are prices similar?
Does one have a quality control advantage over the other?

 

[TrapperReady]

STAT page to the Shotgun Forum...

Code Ultimate!

 

[proven]

Code Ultimate!

LOL


i believe the FN's are based on 1300's, as far as prices or quality control...no experience so can't comment.

 

[sm]

...Sorry Trapper

I'm working the PGO-ICU* this week, and we gotta a Code Blue... huff, puff, huff...< pushing crash cart>

Paging "Dr. Uno" **...report to the Shotgun Forum

* Pistol Grip Only - Intensive Care Unit
** Dr. Uno is the hopital code for Ultimate.

 

[TrapperReady]

Stevelyn - Not wanting to be a non-helpful smartxxx, here's the thread which we're referencing.

I don't know enough about the differences to help you, but I'm sure someone will. As per the referenced thread, just be careful about the "ultimate" label. It carries some baggage.

 

[stevelyn]

Perhaps "ULTIMATE" was too harsh and provocative of a word to use in a forum such as this and something less alarming, more utilitarian and user friendly description such as " a couple of useful aftermarket features added on" should have been used instead. Didn't mean to needlessly place ya'll on high alert. Stand down from Code Ultimate.....Repeat.....Stand down from Code Ultimate.
BTW no pistol grips for me I think it would just get in the way.
Now, back to the original request...........

 

[Preacherman]

The two shotguns are mechanically identical. FN owns Winchester, BTW.

 

[Ed3]

My 1300 is made in CT by USRAC, a Winchester "licensee." Are the FN's Belgian or US made? It does look identical.

Ed

 

[stevelyn]

Thanks Padre.

 

[Al Thompson]

Same gun. FN's here in town and USRAC has a plant around the block as well.

 

[MrMurphy]

The FN is a slightly beefed up 1300.



For the ultimate combat shotgun..... you need all the accessories.

Get a Remington 870 Police Magnum, and never look back. There is a reason it's the most sold shotgun (six million plus) in the world and the most issued cop shotgun.