Speaking of stock numbering . . . and never quit learning . . . please help me learn a good technique for reading very faint pencil serial numbers. I've tried various light levels and magnification but with little success. Didn't try to clean the inside of the panel for fear of losing what little may be there.
The grips in question appear to me to be period correct early post war K-frame magnas and came on a 2" bbl square butt M&P, s/n C16XXX circa 1948. Even if they weren't numberd to the gun, I would have expected the right panel to be stenciled ... but it isn't.
Russ