Originally Posted by LeonHitchcox
Pre 855,000 guns should have serial number on front of receiver and on the barrel as they were hand fitted. don't know when the corn cob forend started or ended. I have a 16 gauge with a 229k series serial number and a 20 gauge from early '70s production.

Thanks. This one had the serial
# on the barrel only, and having learned it is most likely post-war, could very well have been the original receiver. It was in great shape and so was the wood.


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