Early Baikal IJ-27

[justabloke]

Just bought a non ejector IJ-27 12 gauge. Serial number is 000504. Is it safe to assume this is a very early gun from a very long production run?

Cheers

 

[Smellydog]

According to the internet the first two digits are the year.
Year 2000 is my guess.

 

[justabloke]

Cheers.