The Beretta 1201 FP is a semi-automatic

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, developed in the late 1980s or early 1990s by the Italian arms manufacturing company Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta. It was an upgrade to the preceding model, the

Beretta 1200 Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta (; "Pietro Beretta Weapon Factory") is a privately held Italian firearms manufacturing company operating in several countries. Its firearms are used worldwide for a variety of civilian, law enforcement, and milita ...

. The 1201 was manufactured in two versions, 1201F, intended for

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and

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ing, and the 1201FP, intended for

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duties. The Beretta 1201FP shotgun uses the proven inertia drive operating system found on Benelli shotguns and is very reliable. Some models came with

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sights and some came with ghost ring sights with a tritium "night sight" insert in the front sight. The 1200 and 1201F and FP are no longer manufactured and the Benelli Super 90 is the current version.

References

External links

Beretta 1201FP Owners Manual.
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