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Originally Posted by varman52
Thanks for the information. I posted photos of the firearm without the grips earlier this morning
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Ahh, seeing that.
It looks from those pictures like one of the guns they made right after the war, the plugged hole in the bottom was originally there for a lanyard ring, which was standard for military guns (the victory models)
The serial number actually incorporates that S, so the serial is in reality S 814XXX which puts it at very early post-war production, basically 1946.
The original grips for this gun are likely pre-war magna style, and *extremely* rare. I have never seen a set of those for sale.
I have a gun that is also an S814XXX, you can see if you compare the grips on it to a later gun that the checkering pattern is different:
Early Post-War M&P Value Question
As an aside the S in the serial indicates Safety, and was put on guns to denote an upgrade that was made to stop them from being able to discharge when dropped.