Phillip,
Bill Goforth, who wrote the book on Iver Johnson firearms, told me that most of the old factory records were given up during WWII paper drives or lost when the company downsized and again in later moves. The Abercrombie & Fitch sales records do list several Skeet-er's but not the serial number that you listed. The closest number in the records is 27097 which was received in inventory in 1940, so you might take that year as an approximate year of manufacture. Several of the Skeet-er's that I've seen do have very nice wood on them.
By the way, Bill Goforth regularly posts on The Firearms Forum.
http://www.thefirearmsforum.com
