Last year at the KC SWCA meeting, I bought this M&P from mmande. I lettered it and it left the factory on April 25, 1947 and went to the Belknap Hardware Co. in Louisville. I was born in February of 47, so this is a pretty close birthday gun for me also. It is in excellent condition and if it has been fired, it was not much. The actual box, was not available, but Mike gave me one that was pretty close.