W1200 – The W1200 has an carries an impressive 7 rounds and does 40-10 damage per pellet. The high close range damage isn’t hugely useful because at close range all your pellets will be hitting anyway. Long range kills are virtually impossible because the pellets will have dispersed and their damage values plummeted. The one issue with the W1200 is that it only shoots 150 RPM, the slowest fire for any non-sniper weapon. This means in close range battles you may only get one shot off before the enemy takes you down. The high capacity of the W1200 is also critical for Shotguns though; it lets you keep your tempo and not leave yourself open while reloading.

M1014 – The M1014 has slightly lower damage values, 30-10, and a much lower capacity of 4. It does have one huge benefit though, it shots at 300 RPM, twice as fast the W1200. With the M1014 you can burst into a room and empty one round north, south, east and west clearing any signs of life. The lower damage value is barely felt because you have 8 pellets to make up the difference. The lower capacity is significant however because you have to reload between virtually every firefight. This drawback is manageable though as long as you find a safe place to reload and are smart about when you reload. The fully auto fire on the M1014 is just to juicy to pass up on an aggressive attack weapon.

The bottom line: Among Shotguns the M1014 is generally better than the W1200.