Beretta 1200fp

[till44]

I am looking to get a Beretta 1200fp, shot one lst week and it is a very light and very fast gun. I found one for sale but it is missing the bolt/knob located at the end of the shell tube. Does anyone have any idea where I might find one of these. I checked Brownells with no results.

I have heard that parts form Benellis M1 will fit. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks for the help.

[till44]

No one has this gun or what???

[Fuzzy5]

Benelli stocks should fit the 1200FP, but I don't know about other parts or assemblies. As far as that fore-end cap, it is proprietary to the 1200/1201 series. The Benellis have the more common straight-through mag tube with outer threading, as on the Remington 870, Winchester 1200/1300, Mossberg 590, etc.

I'd bet you could go to a hardware store and fabricate an end cap that would function just fine, even if it did not look as good as the factory cap If you're dead set on a factory part, the only thing I found in a quick search was this:

http://www.sarca.it/framespare.htm

Unfortunately, they're out of Italy and their website sucks. For that wood fore-end in your signature, I'd try these folks:

http://www.havlinsales.com/

I've used them for many of my Mossberg parts. Vic packs a wealth of knowledge and Cheryl is very sweet and patient when taking orders. Good folks to deal with.

[till44]

Thanks for the help.

[gotgunz]

I have a 1201 fp with Benelli stock and extended bolt knob I would part with.

[till44]

How much? I have found a few police turn-ins that may turn out to be real cheap due to their abused look. Years sitting in the racks really banged and scratched them up, but guaranteed to shoot flawlessly. I figure a camo job on them would be a decent project.

[till44]

http://www.sarca.it/framespare.htm

Unfortunately, they're out of Italy and their website sucks. For that wood fore-end in your signature, I'd try these folks:

I just spent 15 minutes on that site trying to get to an ordering form, cart, something with no luck. Their contact page doesnt work either. Its a pain because it looks like they have what I need.

[RogueSniper]

Were you looking for something like this:

http://www.e-gunparts.com/DisplayAd.asp?chrProductSKU=957080A&chrSuperSKU=957080&MC=

[till44]

That I can find...what I'm looking for are parts 13-15 in the diagram below.

[RogueSniper]

So it's the sling loop, spring, and magazine end cap.


I feel for you, till44. I have a 1201FP and parts are nowhere to be found. I'm wondering if some of the Beretta SemiAuto shotguns have interchangeable parts. The 391 fore end cap may work, if the threads are the same.


The Beretta Pintail and ES100 may have interchangeable parts to the 1200/1201. They share similar features/parts, but don't quote me on that.

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[SCMA-1]

I have a 1200FP; I'll take a look at the magazine end cap although I'm pretty sure it's completely different from the Benelli M1, which I also have. I'll get back with you.

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[SCMA-1]

The first pic shows the Beretta 1200FP on the left; Benelli M1 Super 90 is on the right. Although they share some components (mainly internal), as you can see, they are very different designs on the outside.


A closeup of the mag tube, end cap areas shows they are completely different in every way.


The Beretta mag tube end is not open like most tube fed shotguns, the end is closed off with a threaded stud extending forward.


It uses a large threaded nut and spring assembly to retain the barrel.


Worse comes to worse, you can fairly easily fabricate a similar part; you don't even need the spring.

[till44]

Thanks for the pics, that is a big help. It looks like a worse case scenario a trip to Home Depot could fix it. With the Binelli and the Beretta have such similar internal, which one do you like more? why? Thanks again.

[SCMA-1]

Thanks for the pics, that is a big help. It looks like a worse case scenario a trip to Home Depot could fix it. With the Binelli and the Beretta have such similar internal, which one do you like more? why? Thanks again.

Yep, worst case is to find a nut and some fender washers just to keep the whole thing together.

The Beretta is VERY light and the stock recoil pad is very narrow with not much contact area; these two factors amplify the felt recoil of the gun. The Beretta also has somewhat of a strange magazine tube assembly; they terminated the mag tube kinda short which drops the mag capacity by one round as compared to the Benelli. The big appeal of the Beretta over the Benelli is the price; both back in the day and now. I bought my 1200FP back in the 80's for $340; Benelli cost me $500. I think nowadays, 1200-1201FP's can be had for $500-$600 used but Benelli M1's seem to fetch $1000 or more.

Overall, I like the M1 more with the extra round in the mag, comfortable and ergonomic pistol grip stock, and slightly greater weight. At half the price of the Benelli, the Beretta may be a better value and the Benelli stocks are a direct swap with the Beretta stock.

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[till44]

I was shooting my bro-in-laws last week and was just amazed how fast and light it was. I think I'll give up the extra shell for that, it will be great for 3-gun matches.