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If you look back to before the NFA act of 1934, few of the "shotgun pistols" were made in 12 ga.
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I think if you go back to the guns of those days, you'll find few of the "shotgun pistols
factory made in 12ga. The Ithaca "Auto-burglar" (Auto and Burgular?) was 20ga.
However, before the NFA 34, anyone could take a hacksaw to any gun without asking permission, getting approval, paying any tax or registering the gun.
So I suspect there were more than a few sawed off shotguns, in every caliber.
My grandfather told me of a guy he knew, was a one armed railroad cop in the early 1900s. His "sidearm" was a double barrel 10 gauge (TEN gauge
) cut down to large pistol size. He worked the railroads for 20+ years, (chasing hobos off the freight cars, primarily) and said he never had to fire it, not even once!! I don't doubt that, one bit!!
