GunTotinFool
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- Aug 20, 2007
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My grandfather recently asked me to find out about an old 12 gauge single shot his father gave to him and I've learned it's an Iver Johnson Champion. Now I'd like to know the year of the gun. The only numbers on the gun are a 146 on both the wood and metal pieces of the handguard and what appears to be the numbers 27146 just above the piece of the barrel that clicks into the stock. It appears as though the serial number has been rubbed off so I guess at some point in time somebody didn't want anyone to know they had it. Even so, is there any way to tell by these numbers what year the gun was made, or even a ballpark guess? Thanks.