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Old 07-22-2020, 10:48 AM
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Thanks for the information. I posted photos of the firearm without the grips earlier this morning
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.
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