I watched this video by Langdon and Reese, and a few others that compare the 1301 and the A300 -

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jj2TC3dYAU&ra=m

I was fully prepared to get the 1301, but for the reality of my intended purpose (home defense) and the likelihood of generally limited range time and practice, and the shipped-to FFL price of about $815.00 I purchased the A300 Ultima Patrol without a choke.

I may make some modest upgrades to it, such as the metal mag tube cover suggested above.

If I do, by some very slim chance become such a skilled and proficient semi-auto shotgun shooter that I am ‘out shooting’ my A300, then I would consider upgrading to the next level.

Yeah, in fact, that's one of the videos that sold me on the 1301. I had a chance to pick up a new A300 Ultima Patrol with the Chisel stock at dealer cost around the first of the year because it was just sitting at the shop I worked at, but passed. I think while practical in that you can just mount a pistol dot on it right from jump, the Chisel stock is ugly as shit, so that didn't help it's case any, but also, I wanted to hold out for a 1301. Comparing the two directly in person as much as I wanted when there were no customers in the store, I knew I wanted the 1301 in the configuration I ordered. It was less about the money and the value proposition than the features and feel when it’s all said and done.

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the Chisel stock is ugly as shit

Dang... that's an understatement.

Even worse than the old Choate shotgun stocks, and those things were hideous.